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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



Sections of the rocks in North Eastern Kansas, (above the coal measures'). 

 By Major F. Hawn, U. S. Dep. Surveyor. 



The similarity between the beds from c. to 1. inclusive, of the above section, 

 and formation f. of the New Jersey series, when taken in connection with their 

 position in relation to the higher formations, is too obvious to leave much 

 room to doubt that they belong to the same horizon. 



Mr. Henry Pratten, of the Geological Survey of Illinois, to whose liberality 

 we are indebted for a full abstract of notes taken by him on the geology of the 

 country along the California trail between Fort Leavenworth and San Francisco, 

 informs us that he met with the lower members of the Nebraska section at seve- 

 ral points along Platte River, above Fort Laramie. No. 1, he says, as in portions of 

 north-eastern Kansas, and on the Missouri below the Big Sioux, reposes directly 



[May, 



