156 PHYSIOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY OF THE COASTAL PLAIN PROVINCE, 



In the field above this bluff, where the marl had been used for fertilizing 

 purposes, fragments of Pecien, Ostrea, Venus, etc., were observed. 



II. Section on the Meherrin River about one mile above the S. A. L. 



Railroad Bridge. 



Feet 

 Pleistocene Yellowish loam and sand with a gravel band 



at base in which are boulders of quartz rang- 

 ing in size up to 1 foot in diameter 10 



Miocene. St. Mary's Bluish-green plastic clay with fragile fossil 



casts 2 



Total 12 



At a point on the Meherrin Eiver about 1^4 miles below the S. A. L. 

 Kailroad Bridge at a sharp turn where the river cuts against a terrace some 

 15 feet above water level a marl bed is reported which was covered with 

 water when that section of the river was examined. The marl has been used 

 in the adjoining field and shells of Pccten, Ostrea, etc., ma}' be seen scattered 

 about. 



III. Section left banh of Meherrin River about two miles above Branch's 

 Bridge, and about two miles {air line) beloiv the preceding bridge. 



Feet 

 Pleistocene ( ? ) Concealed 10 



Miocene. St. Mary's Greenish-gray, compact, very fossiliferous sandy 



clay. The most numerous species is the small 

 pelecypod MuHniii congesta common to the 

 Miocene of this region. Many of the forms 

 are very fragile and difficult to preserve. Ex- 

 posed at high water 4^4 



Total 141/2 



At the next cove on the right about one-half mile below the preceding 

 the same bed is exposed in a similar bluff. A few forms not observed 

 in the preceding section were noted. This place is about 1 mile (by water) 

 above Branch's Bridge. 



At Branch's Bridge which is about half wav between the upper and lower 

 S. A. L. Eailroad bridges about 5 feet of rather dark greenish-gray sandy 

 clay filled with fossils is exposed. The horizon is about the same as at the 

 2Dreceding localities and the material is similar. 



