the following exposures are seen along a stream east of the road. The top of the Black Shale is seen at 1052. BE- neath is seen 1 foot of dark brown Devonian. Below this are 8 inches of grey Ordinal Coniferous, at the northern end of the exposure the Clini- ton is 6 feet thick, overlying the massive rock at the top of the lower Silurian, which there is 11 feet thick. Within a few hundred feet north- ward the Clinton thins out and the Coniferous rests on the massive rock at the top of the lower Silurian. The Clinton dips north- ward. - The level at Soretto was 1075. Springfield-Fredericksburg. (101)- About a mile and a half west of Springfield, a road goes south westward, crosses Cartwriglts creek, and then turns westward over the high land between Spri- field, Mant an and Freder- icksburg. Just before reach- ing Wheatley's Branch, it ranamed because Mrs Betty Wheatley lives on the west side of the Creek, in the bottom, the following exposure is seen. Same distance down the hill the Conumaria bed is exposed. Over it lie light brown clay shales; this dips into grated Madison. Over this lie the hard banded Madison zin, 8½ feet thick. Above this are 5 feet of brown shaly Madison. At the top of the lower Silurian the hard brown massive rock is 10 feet thick. The lower Silurian- Clinton junction is at 1202. The Clinton is 4 feet 2 inches thick, but only Orthus flabella was seen and my residence of shert was in sight.