210- (1038) LS. About half a mile SW of Widd's store, 9½ miles NE of Liberty. The Black Shale rests directly on the Madi- nian beds. 209- (1028) LS. Nearly 3 miles southwest- ward, about 7 mi. north- east of Liberty, just west of a stream emptying into Carpenters Branch. The Black Shale rests in the Madison beds at 1028. 208- (1007) LS Nearly 4 mi. NE of Liberty, a short distance NE of a wood saw mill, the black shale rests on the fossiliferous bed which is often found at top of the Madison beds, but cut Ciona Columnaria's alveolata and Orthis tri- furcata just beneath the Black Shale. 207 (1007) LS About 2¾ mi. E of Liberty. The Black shale rests directly on the Madison beds. 67 206. (996) LS. About 2 miles N.E. of Liberty up a gully in the north side of the road, where the Liberty-Huntenville road first approaches the river going east. The Black Shale rests direct- ly on the Madison beds. A thin bed in the Madi- nian 15 feet below the Black Shale, contains numerous Lower Silurian fossils. At least 30 feet of Madi- nian beds are exposed below this fossiliferous layer down to the river level. The appearance is up a little run on Jim Adams farm. (Colred, lives in Liberty.)