Dr. Troost on Amber, &. 9 
is rough and of a dirty grey colour, covered, lake and there, 
with ghee This sualaed is its parts prion, has 
river, pica ones oom 
_ The surface of Cape Sable and of its environs is oud 
erably undulated—some of the hills rising as much as from 
80 to 85 feet above the surface of the Chesapeake bay 
_ ‘The uppermost stratum is sand, the lower part of which 
is SO_ are agglutinated by iron ‘oxide as to form a coarse 
ferr Engiian s sand stone, Th alee! “aot the best 
(dichter- nsteir This strat 
varies from 15 to 60 and 70 elow which lies a stra- 
tum of lignite of three eng an half to Coe feet in thickness. 
This: bed contains nearly all varieties of lignite, such as Jet, 
brittle lignite, bituminous wood and brown lignite, penetra- 
- sg tbropencss by pyrites. The junction of this stratum 
the shored is a mixture of Jignite and sand, no separa- 
nhed ree eh Be Ss an sn ae Eke amber 
one te er 9 aargnes 1 the coe ei de} 
cimen possesses all the fe preperned os the as of the: 
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ing and Lis ae: li tie bel ellow see ieaiein circumstances 
