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27 East of middle of Buckerside Road,
shed on E side of a knoll.
Strike Magnetic N 70 E, dip. 70 E.
It will be observed that in this
case again we have a deviat-
tion from the last experience as to
strike, but that the continuation
of the present strike will again
bring the next exposure or the
roots (nearly) in line, especially
if the base of the knoll be taken as
a datum strike line. The rock
is a considerable weathering ferru-
ginous on the West. More like
limestone top of the knoll and
a slaty shale on the E side of
the knoll. It may be remarked
that slaty shales are not in-
frequent in the Cambrian part
of here, but as much as at No.
27 has never been before. Per-
haps Sandstone was covered
E of the shales and are now
covered up in the low valley E
of the knoll. After this was writ-
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