in of the same general character as at Queens- -tn but more sandy tending to go more and more into sandstone. This is in harmony with the character of the Barrejr, or sandstone of Richmond age, The Queenston shales have nearly always irregular much squeezed and stickin sides ( where shales not or in sandy-sholes), from lurms but these are not at all of the character of the Arthrophychus. Medina, The basal sandstone (Whitford?) are made up as follows frm base upward:- Basal coarse grained sandstone bed. Regu- larly bedded beds, cross-bedded above and often deeply channeled. One bed 5 ft thick. Second thick bed 3 ft thick, also much cross bedded. Then irregularly bedded coarse grained sandstone 8 ft thick. T? ? Whitford. Regularly bedded, thin bedded, light colored sandstone, with shale partings,