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July 8-1918 Bethel Park au Par
decendant
limestone lime mixed with the very fine grained sandstone.
It is a very shallow marine deposit, sand flat with no organisms.
In one place (the raised up fault) here the beds in my foot are very thin, dolomitic sandstone.
This probably changed quite some when being got created.
In many places we are interesting conglomerate ones of which are extensive, but not or persistent and in thick beds as in the higher dolomites associated with the fine grained sandstones.
We then drove on and examined Campbells Creek Core,
Abrahams Core and finally Shipos Core. In all of these places we are in the lower part of the sandstone series, or in the line of strike of the formation and do not get out further southward or as to get into older beds. We accordingly at Ships Core decided to turn back and return to Pat au Par.
From Shipos Core we have a good and dry drive northward across the crater to Little Green Garden (8 miles) and on to Cape George the western headland of the Peninsula. As far as one can see there are in the distance no high ledges and the right hand makes down to the water.
In Felix's Core we have the clearest evidence of an elevated sea beach at about 40 or 50 feet above the sea. A natural terrace upon the sea front here has its surface covered with rounded pebbles just as on the beach below. We can see this old beach and its islands on the beach on which are the picturesque houses and gardens.
Spring on eastward we see farther inland and it must higher.