﻿II] 
  General 
  Geology 
  : 
  Cretaceous 
  6i 
  

  

  feet 
  in 
  depth 
  as 
  proven 
  by 
  the 
  cypress 
  knees 
  everywhere 
  present, 
  

   and 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  wading 
  is 
  possible 
  well 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   The 
  author 
  took 
  the 
  photograph 
  shown 
  as 
  Plate 
  3, 
  by 
  wading 
  

   out 
  about 
  yi 
  mile 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  scarcely 
  3 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  timber 
  contained 
  in 
  this 
  

   brake 
  has 
  been 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ferguson, 
  who 
  person- 
  

   ally 
  surveyed 
  the 
  brake 
  and 
  made 
  the 
  estimates. 
  

  

  Brake 
  contain 
  somewhat 
  over 
  700 
  acres 
  ; 
  with 
  

   87,920,000 
  feet 
  of 
  cj^press, 
  

   29,000,000 
  feet 
  of 
  gum, 
  

   14,000,000 
  feet 
  of 
  tupelo 
  gum, 
  

   30,000 
  feet 
  of 
  long 
  leaf 
  pine. 
  

  

  Cedar 
  lick. 
  — 
  Hilgard* 
  says 
  of 
  this 
  locality: 
  "About 
  seven 
  

   miles 
  southeast 
  from 
  this 
  limestone 
  hill 
  [Winnfield 
  marble], 
  

   there 
  is 
  another 
  salt 
  lick 
  called 
  Cedar 
  lick 
  (from 
  cedars 
  growing 
  

   there); 
  it 
  is 
  several 
  acres 
  in 
  extent, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  on 
  it 
  a 
  steadily 
  

   flowing 
  brine 
  spring 
  of 
  pure 
  taste 
  and 
  considerable 
  strength. 
  

   It 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  doubted 
  that 
  here, 
  also, 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  rock 
  

   underlies 
  at 
  a 
  moderate 
  depth." 
  

  

  Rapides 
  Parish. 
  — 
  Johnson 
  mentions 
  a 
  Cretaceous 
  outcrop 
  on 
  

   N. 
  E. 
  % 
  S. 
  26, 
  6 
  N., 
  4 
  W. 
  in 
  Rapides 
  parish. 
  We 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  

   had 
  time 
  to 
  investigate 
  this 
  locality. 
  

  

  Bayou 
  Chicot 
  limestone. 
  — 
  Two 
  outcrops 
  are 
  included 
  under 
  this 
  

   heading. 
  They 
  are 
  located 
  in 
  S. 
  35, 
  3S., 
  i 
  W., 
  about 
  eight 
  miles 
  

   southwest 
  of 
  Bayou 
  Chicot 
  P. 
  O. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  visited 
  and 
  

   favorably 
  reported 
  upon 
  by 
  Hopkins 
  ; 
  unfavorably 
  by 
  Clendenin. 
  

   One 
  shows 
  an 
  exposure 
  of 
  eight 
  feet 
  high 
  and 
  fifty 
  feet 
  wide. 
  

   This 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  procuring 
  limestone 
  for 
  burning, 
  and 
  the 
  

   ruined 
  kilns 
  can 
  still 
  be 
  seen. 
  The 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  is 
  22°, 
  S. 
  

   70° 
  W. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  is 
  exposed 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  a 
  pit 
  about 
  350 
  yards 
  

   southeast 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  mentioned 
  outcrop 
  ; 
  shows 
  a 
  dip 
  of 
  33°, 
  S. 
  

   65° 
  w. 
  

  

  The 
  limestone 
  is 
  here 
  of 
  a 
  much 
  darker 
  color 
  on 
  an 
  average 
  

   than 
  at 
  the 
  more 
  northern 
  outcrops. 
  Some 
  fragments, 
  however, 
  

  

  * 
  Sup. 
  and 
  Final 
  Report 
  Geol. 
  Reconn., 
  L,a., 
  p. 
  32., 
  1873. 
  

   f 
  House 
  Ex. 
  Doc. 
  50 
  Cong. 
  ist. 
  Ses.s. 
  No. 
  195, 
  p. 
  23., 
  t888. 
  

  

  