pled. Thus embedded Held in bed Round blocks. These upturned pieces do as in several places. The entire series I had once laid down in a shallow sea, as ripple marks are common, most action in the communication of currents shifts cross bedding, separating of fossilized shales, limestone separated by pure shales are joint this way. One Farocilla gothlandica measured 2 feet across, by 18 inches a width and 14 inches high. It is a fine specimen but I will probably have to leave it. One peculiarity of these beds is the al- most complete absence of Truprostomata, or far as I have not seen any of the regular forms and the large piece collected this after- oon is totally different from any of the Mississippian sea. Nor did I see any