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APPENDIX 



KEPORT OF THK COUNCIL. 



From this point they walked along the Manawagonis beach, 

 inspecting the excellent exposures of the Post-pleiocene form- 

 ation shown in the clay banks and high hills of gravel along 

 the shores. In the afternoon they visited the Fern Ledges to 

 the eastward of Sand Cove, and studied the exposures of the 

 Devonian sandstones and shales visible there, collecting ferns 

 and calamites from these ancient rocks. 



The zoological and botanical parties rambled around the 

 vicinity of Sand Cove and Sheldon's Point, making collections 



SAND COVE AND MANAWAGONIS. 

 Scale 1J4 mile to inch. 



from the woods and fields of the neighborhood. A section of 

 this party aleo made an excursion to Manawagonis Island to 

 collect seaweed and marine animals along its shores. 



The ladies' committee had in the meantime been busy and 

 prepared at Mr. Manchester's " pavilion " refreshments for the 

 excursionists. Here prizes were awarded for the best coUec- 



