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July 12.
Long Point
These strata underlie the green shale material about 300 feet, then may retrogress to some extent in the afternoon worked along the inner side of Long Point in the limestone series. What we have seen may amount to 50 feet thick as the beds strike away on the peninsula. We estimate to have seen at least 125' before the facing against the peninsula, but for this maybe the more correct thickness, just of strata. These limestones often have zones of rocks and other pockets interbedded with the dark colored argillaceous limestone. These beds are also riddled with Butcherfish. Some riffle in several places. Also considerable subangular with fragmental cylindrites gone. This all a very shallow water deposit. The limestones gradually go over into the shale series seen in the morning, have about 20 to 30 species. The last dip measured to the north of the light house was 20° N. 60 W.
Took to 2½ miles south of the Long Point light and see again the thin beds here are seen this morning on the western side of the Peninsula. In all of this distance we are not more than 150 feet of Richmondian. Later from the boat it looked as if about the same 150 feet of Richmondian continued all the way into West Bay a nearly 1½ miles from Long Point light. In this distance the shore runs along the strata and the strata are but slightly undulating. As the marine clay or somewhat sticky sort ends, so the dip cliffs them near into the land contour, it appears that going north to the point of Long Point the two sets of strata come and other ending today and it is here at the base of western set that we get the best fossils. Let the top of the limestone clear me for a fine Pleurostites. The two sets of strata form partly into me another. All are very shallow water deposits and the Autogria Richmondian turns out the inner horizon.
At 7:30 we got to our second camp site in West Bay about 1½ miles from Long Point.
We are among the cypress, and a fine outlook across the inlet to the east. We came supper at 9:15 P.M. We are camped about 14 miles south of [illegible]