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Manitowaning, August 5-1912 Monday.
Examined in the morning the small dry brook
about 1/4 mile south of the village. Began to make the
following section at the original grad level,
downward going
Farm flat limestone to first fence about 30 feet
li, with some green shales, due lot of fossils on the
farm for foot Faristella stillata are common and up
to one for acres. R. capax at the center seen in
3 specimens.
Then 6 feet of pure li with almost no shale joins,
farm
and
almost bare of fossils. This level goes to top of first
face of brook.
Then 6 feet of li. like the last but with Tetra dion.
Beatrixen may recur here.
fibritum, Faristella stillata and very rarely a R. capax.
Makes a water face and a sharp ascent of the farms.
Then a pure shale gone with some shaly
or impure limestone, the shale predominating. This for
four feet. Saw R. capax, Q. sinuata. Makes
the general level of farm land. About 11 feet thick.
Richmond
Our are we upon the conspicuous escarpment and
rapid due to lake level. At the top we hear about
about
of limestone that make the top of the escarpment
here are almost no fossils here and those seen