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Sunday April 12 - 1914.
Pottsville, Pa.
Started out at 9:30 to see the Devonian.
Began at Connors, 3 to 4 miles out from the
city towards Johnsville station.
At Connors we began in the Ithaca but at
what level could not be made out because the
Hamilton ores not to be seen here. At Barrell's
locality described in A. C. J. we got the first
fruits in his group A. These fruits are unmarked.
About 100 feet higher we got the small lot
marked Middle Ithaca. Shortly another 200
feet higher we came in the first red shale
group. The fruits drop out in approaching the
red shale and in this group there are none at
all. It has the characters of a continental
deposit. At me are more marine deposits and
at about 5 feet above the red shale we saw
tiny Oculina and Tentaculites. The latter
are floaters while the Oculina spork shows that
the sea was not yet normal, only that the spot