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some of the pictures are uncommonly well 

 drawn. The descriptions of the great fall 

 hunt, of the manners and habits of the 

 hunters, of traveling over the vast prairies 

 during winter, of the mirage and other at- 

 mospheric phenomena, are excellent, and, 

 although there is no attempt at scientific 

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The Berea Sandstone of Ohio. By Pro- 

 fessor Edward Orton, of the Ohio State 

 University. Pp. 9. 



This is a review of the facts brought 

 out by the Geological Survey of Ohio, con- 

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 cal formations of the State, the Berea sand- 

 stone. It extends in a continuous line of 

 outcrop more than four hundred miles, 

 through twenty-one counties, the stone of 

 best quality, however, being found at Be- 

 rea, in Cuyahoga County, whence its name. 

 Building-stones and grindstones, to the 

 amount of several million dollars, are an- 

 nually obtained from this enormous deposit. 

 The facts presented by Professor Orton are 

 not only interesting from an economic point 

 of view, but are of special value to the ge- 

 ologist. 



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