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owned by Charles E. Butler. At length we cross the largest belt 

 of limestone in this region. At first the dip is quite large, then it 

 becomes smaller, and finally becomes large again. The most west- 

 ern exposure on the section is at the Beechwoods quarry ; where 

 the dip is smaller, the exposure is at the Fulling Mill quarry. 

 Succeeding the limestone are Taconic schists dipping south-east- 

 erly, and towards the limestone. 



Fig. 38 presents a section of the rocks from the extreme south- 

 west angle of Owl's Head Harbor in South Thomaston through the 

 Meadow's quarries to the north-west part of the town of Thomas- 

 ton. Only Taconic rocks appear upon this section, as well as in 

 Figs. 39 and 40. At the south-east end there is an anticlinal axis 

 of quartz rock. Next is a thin band of Taconic schist over the 

 quartz and underlying the Eolian Limestone. The dip of the lime- 

 stone is here more irregular but seems to form a synclinal axis. 

 Taconic schists and a little quartz rock succeed on the west ; 

 probably in an anticlinal form. The westerly part of the dip is 

 certain, the eastern conjectural. 



Fig. 39 presents a section of the rocks from the bay in the north 

 part of Kockland city to the town line between Kockland and 

 Thomaston immediately west of the west branch of Mill river. 

 Quartz rock at the east end of this section forms a synclinal. Next 

 appears the eastern belt of limestone, particularly in the latitude of 

 Eankin's quarry. It dips cast. Next succeeds an anticlinal of 

 quartz rock, followed by the second band of Eolian limestone, at 

 the north end of the Meadows quarries. West of this to the 

 end of the section the schists prevail, interrupted at Ingraham's 

 quarry by an outburst — this word seems to express the physical 

 appearance of the rock — of limestone. Hence we have two anti- 

 clinal and one synclinal axis at this end of the section. 



Fig. 40 gives a section of the rocks from Jameson's point across 

 Chickawakie pond in Camden. We have at the east end quartz 

 rock dipping north-westerly, then a synclinal of Taconic schists 

 before coming to the pond south. West of the pond occurs an 

 inverted anticlinal of limestone, almost concealed, wrapped in the 

 Taconic schists. 



Having now described the sections in general, we will proceed 

 to give all tlie particulars needful respecting the character and po- 

 sition of the Eolian limestone at all its exposures. 



The most southern exposure of the largest belt is at the State's 



