ILLUSTRATIONS 
PLATE 1 
Fic. 1. Coast near Catbalogan, Samar. Note the suggested marine ter- 
race on island in background. In foreground are beds of marl 
and foraminiferal limestone. Locality F868. (Photograph by 
Moody.) 
2. Dipping beds of marl at locality F868, south of Catbalogan, Samar. 
(Photograph by Moody.) 
PLATE 2 
Fig. 1. Igneous rock from locality 30, about 5 kilometers east of Bagakay, 
on the Wright-Taft trail, showing fractured feldspar crystals and 
groundmass. Note quartz crystal (A). 
2. Feldspar porphyry from bed of Ulot River, 2 kilometers east of 
Loquilocan, showing phenocrysts of feldspar in fine-grained 
groundmass. . 
PLATE 3 
Fig. 1. Foraminiferal limestone from locality F868, south of Catbalogan, 
Samar. 
2. Coarse-grained limestone conglomerate from locality F878, north 
of Catbalogan, Samar, near rock quarry, showing association of 
Lepidocyclina with igneous pebbles. 
PLATE 4 
Route map of trail from Wright to Taft, Samar, showing geological features 
observed. 
PLATE 5 
Map of Samar, showing the principal towns, itinerary followed by recon- 
: naissance party, drainage, and coal outcrops. 
TEXT FIGURES 
Fig. 1. A profile of the ocean floor near Taft, Samar. Probable evidence 
of subsidence of this portion of the coast. 
2. A profile of the ocean floor near Dolores, north of Taft. 
8. Drainage control in a portion of the east coast of Samar. Ad- 
vanced as evidence of an uplifted marine terrace at this locality. 
From traverse notes of G. B. Moody and H. G. Schenck and from 
Bureau of Public Works map. a 
