Geology, &e. of the Connecticut. 27 
Rocks observed in gaietwith with 
those in the leading 
“Wacke* 
4 Dat yi Lim 
: rk estone re * 
§ | Bituminous pare ne games 2 od 
2 Do. Mica Slate 3. H.lead 
~ Seams of Coal Ola R a gma ogggaias 
ice } Prim. Greenstone Sa 
3 poe ed Siliceous Do, Res: sain 
a oer Dilavium ee 
$195 | Biomieour Shale . | LAMoviam.—,_J Enfield, (Ct) 
S|. | Finer Puddi 
& 2 | Coarse ; : 
ze] = Granite ') East-Haven ? 
3 = 2 ompant Old Red Sandstone | East and West 
“1338 a : Span! Se a 
as} Pp orpby - Coal Formation | Gill, Berlin, &e, 
PSO laa z ee oe oY 
‘Sei es aes. See “— NS eRe aa es 4° 
sa RS ee, Bigee is Mae 2 
nV. BorEon: at rf 
17, Dilaviam Above most or all of the preceding formations. 
Oceanic rae ) 
Beds of Gra 
‘ Do. pt Above most of the 
18, Alloviam. Do. Sand preceding formations, 
Loam 
| Decomposed Rocks and Vegetables 
* Prof. Silliman has ca the affirmative, the question wheth- 
er this rock exists along th i Keppentionnt Vide Jo Journal a Scien cco Vol, 
6. p. 51 note. 
Conybeare and S11) the B come soming, Aastra on the Geology of 
England and Wales, (p. 311, the Bituminons arle Slate, with the ac- 
permedial wont that i is, immediately above the rocks of the coal Forma- 
tion; and if t above denominated the — Formation a 
prove os Mg 929 —— eean e Format: 
Brongniart’s opinions, mus ced in the Capertee 1 order ae. 
But what of the old red sandstone todte liegende) which li 
immediately Ww tumi Mar! Formation in German: 
low the coal ation nd? writ rather Rev. W. D. 
. e the article here referred to) regard the rothe todte 
liegende of the Germans, as d oO of England. 
rocks al are real formation of 
not the red sandstone east of the river in Chatham, Fast-Hart- 
ford, Windsor, &c. be the t 3 west of the river 
old Sof an 
This same 
? 
writer, speaking of the real coal formation, says that “at 
least ten characters will be fonnd 9  codalteeen the carboniferous 
