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from what is now the mouth of Fishing Creek to the mouth of Hunting 

 Creek. Another waterway from the soutli ran from Drum Point south- 

 westward to what is now the head of tlie Hunting Creek estuary, and a 

 third extended from what is now the mouth of Parker Creek across tlie 



Fig. 3. — Diagram showing approximate position of shore line of Talbot sea. 



divide to Battle Creek. Other streams of less importance were also trans- 

 formed into estuaries, so that the county presented a most irregular 

 shore line and the lower half of the region was transformed into a group 

 of small irregular islands. The subsidence at this time amounted to 

 about 90 feet. As the countv remained at this level for some little 



