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as a basin of deposit than that in which the Oriskany of New York was 

 laid down. 



SECTIONS 

 I give here in detail the stratigraphic sections adding thereto the lists 

 of fossils as now known. 



Somerset county 



Moosehead lake 



Locality no. 3453 On the west side about 1 mile above the outlet of 

 Moose river, a thick-bedded sandstone with quartz veins and distorted 

 impressions of brachiopods and plants. 



3454, 3455 South side of Baker Brook point fine grained sandstones, 

 with strike e. 10° w., dip nearly vertical. Plant remains are common and 

 the following invertebrates were taken : 



Dalmanites pleuroptyx Spirifer perimele- 



Poleumita sp. S. nov. 



Prosocoelus pesanseris var. occidentals Chonetes hudsonicus 



Modiomorpha odiata Rhipidomella musculosa 



Cypricardinia magna Leptostrophia magnifica 



Solenopsis Megalanteris cf. ovalis 



Spirifer primaevus atlanticus Amphigenia parva 



Pholidops terminalis 



3456 Farm island : at the south end shaly sandstone with a few much 

 distorted fossils. From this point all along the shore to and on the east 

 side of the island the rocks are better exposed than in any other part of the 

 lake but on going north the layers are thicker with more quartz veins. In 

 the Seventh Annual Report of the Maine Board of Agriculture, 1862 

 [p.331] is stated : " The most interesting thing discovered upon Farm island 

 is a fossil plant allied to F u c o i d e s c a u d a-g a 1 1 i ." These markings 

 have also been observed here by Mr Nylander. 



3457 Tomhegan Point, west side of lake: thick-bedded sandstones, 

 strike e.-w., dip 30 n. A few fossils occur. 



3458 Birch Point, '/. niile below outlet of Moose river; sandstones 

 strike e. ne. io° n. and contain a tew brachiopods. 



