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July 12-1918, Friday, Long Point.
A start at 6.30 and had breakfast at 7 A.M. We leave camp at
Fox Island Point, and at 9 are on our way past round nears the
motu to Long Point. We get to shore at 10.30 A.M.
It stormed with thunder and lightning but with not much wind. We
kept dry and without mishap. This morning all is fog and we can see only
half one mile ahead.
As we pass Fox Island we see through the glasses that the land
consists of the coarse tessel flow that we examined on July 10 north of
Bennett Bora.
When we get to the Long Point shore about one-half miles south of
the light house we come over to the other side. Here are exposed flint
[clay half in shale]
sandy shales interbedded with thin fine grained sandstones (2 to 4 inches) and an
limy
calcid.
in the right
occasional thin limestone. In the full mile we can see 70 to 100 feet
of these strata, dips 20° N. 54°. These strata are replete with the species
of Oolith stellithis (very slender, medium, and large), once or than any Richmond-
cian strata shore seen before. From the center of this area to the top fossils
come in fairly common. Bivalves are most common hackidords [?]
for four
[thoroughly matted oys],
species, all common especially a semiplicate Plectambritis and Bradystria
mites, and a Dalmarella. In one layer just below the bivalve zone occur
Illaenus, and on this layer we also saw either Dendrocrinus or a similar
armed Elytrocirrus. Towards the bottom a large Rafinesquina is common
along with Tarrnits, a sponge.
On the east shore of the Peninsula are exposed thin bedded mudstone
a thick
origin
at about 5 miles south by three
done estined limestone. We estimate the land to be 600 feet wide . . . of it