ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE FACING PAGE 



I. Fig. 1. — View showing topography at Leonardtown 32 



Fig. 2. — View looliing up the Patuxent River showing Drum Cliff 32 



II. Fig. 1. — A nearer view of Drum Cliff 56 



Fig. 2. — View showing the fossil bed at Drum Cliff 56 



III. Fig. 1. — View showing the St. Mary's formation overlain by Tal- 



bot, near St. Mary's City 72 



Fig. 2. — A nearer view of the fossil bed shown in Fig. 1 72 



IV. Characteristic fossils of the Miocene of St. Mary's County 80 



V. Fig. 1. — View showing Lafayette-Sunderland scarp, Sunderland 



surface in the foreground, Charlotte Hall 84 



Fig. 2. — View showing Lafayette-Sunderland scarp, Sunderland 



surface in the foreground, near Charlotte Hall 84 



VI. Fig. 1. — View showing section of Sunderland formation near St. 



Mary's City 88 



Fig. 2. — View showing amphitheatre at head of young valley in 



Sunderland formation near Morganza 88 



VII. Fig. 1. — View showing Sunderland surface near Great Mills.... 92 

 Fig. 2. — View showing Sunderland-Wicomico scarp, Wicomico sur- 

 face in the foreground, near Leonardtown 92 



VIII. Fig. 1.^ — View showing subaerial erosion on Sunderland-Wicom- 

 ico scarp, near Leonardtown 96 



Fig. 2. — View showing section in Wicomico formation near 



Clements 96 



IX. Fig. 1. — View showing the fossil bed in the Talbot formation at 



Wailes Bluff 100 



Fig. 2. — View showing the fossil bed in the Talbot formation at 



Wailes Bluff 100 



X. Characteristic fossils of the Pleistocene of St. Mary's County. . . . 104 



XI. Fig. 1. — View showing swamp land near Uncle 108 



Fig. 2. View showing barrier beach near Millstone 108 



XII. Fig. 1. — View of St. Jerome Creek showing drowned valleys 



near Ridge 112 



Fig. 2. — View of Breton Bay from Abell's Wharf 112 



XIII. Fig. 1. — View showing mixed forest growth on a clay soil 184 



Fig. 2. — View showing the head of a tidal river 184 



XIV. Fig. 1. — View showing Red Gum growth along streams 188 



Fig. 2. — View showing reproduction of Red Gum 188 



XV. Fig. 1. — View showing growth of Loblolly Pine 192 



Fig. 2. — View showing growth of Scrub Pine 192 



XVI. Fig. 1. — View showing reproduction of Loblolly Pine 200 



Fig. 2. — View showing method of transportation of Loblolly logs 



to the mill 200 



