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to the south of the Lindani orel, he departs at
5.30, and it is 12 miles to Brownwood where we stay
to night.
Drelle defined the characters of the Penn. as
follows: [in the Oldland Coal Fields]
"Ciser; Composed of beds of blue clay, which are
shaly at some localities; of sandstone, usually emplyro-
cratic, and then some conglomerate. Of li. thinly
bedded, and some coal.
"Canyon; Alternating beds of rather simple, evenly tex-
tured thick li., blue clay, some sandstone, and coal.
"Shawn: Consists of beds of sharp grained, moderately
hard, evenly textured sandstone, alternating with beds of blue
clay. Coal, and shales are not abundant, and li. are
of rare occurrence". [About 4000 feet] Has 19
named beds. Its outcrop forms and true come in
at about 300 feet above base.
Cey frondiferae,
The Canyon has 12 beds. This down about 800 feet
Coover has 19 beds. This down about 500 feet.
Appears to be less frondiferous than the Canyon.
"Altany: Consists of beds of blue, gray and yellowish
crined li., alternating with beds of blue clay, flanked a
gray shale. Sandstone and coal are almost entirely lacking"