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Montmorenci Falls, in the afternoon.
Trenton
Falls
274 ft. deep
Laurentian
Trux?
?Jomaine
Considerable
mud here
Out of loose pieces of the Utica shales,
a few graptolites, Climacoceps at Smith’s
second species. A very soft shale & mud beds
dare as black as the Utica of New York. On
some layers the surface shows plainly current
action like the Potsdam Lingula slabs and
in most cases especially the fine sandy layer.
The graptolites are all laid one way – point
in one direction only.
At the top of the Falls is a Hotel Kent House. From here we get a good view across
the St. Lawrence to the south side. There
as on this side the section is thus