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"is occupied by the trap. At the bridge
are seen large ledges of argy [illegible] the
dubris of the traps. These are the
basal beds of the Devonian. Have
no stratification. Can be seen
behind the town in a ridge.
Campbelltown is built on the
trap. Looks stratified. Along the
river front of the town from the
steamboat way westward occur
the Devonian rocks.
"Above the station at Campbell-
town hard thick-bedded sandstone,
intersected by thin dykes of trap, con-tains abundance [abundance]
of fossil plants" Psilophyton 2of.,
Lycopsides and Cordaites.
"1800 paces west of the Royal
Hotel ledges of hard grey limestone
are largely made up of comminuted
fossils."