si'.t TluN OF THE SOUTH JOGGINS. 



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aporous bast tissue; it also contains Cyperite* ami many 

 vascular bundles of ferns, with flattened trunks of Sit/Mafia. 



Coal-group 12. 



ft. in. 



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(Gray sandstones and argillaceous shale. Erect trees 



at t\\n levels) ....... 



("Gray Bhale. 

 . Coal and coaly shale, 1 foot ..... 

 ^Argillaceous underclay, ironstone, and Stigmaria. 



Tbe roof contains erect Sigillaria and Catamites, also Cor- 

 daitcs with Spirorbis attached, and Lepidodendron. The coal 

 has in one layer much Cordaites, in others it includes an 

 immense number of specimens of Spordngites papiUata ; it has 

 also bast tissue, epidermal tissue, and discigerous tissue. 



(Shale and sandstone, penetrated by Stigmarian root- 

 lets, and containing in one of the shales Lepido- 

 (1< n<l rim, Sigillaria, and Carpolithes) . . .13 

 f Gray shale. 



Coal-group 13 < Coal and coaly shale . . . . .06 



(_ Argillaceous underclay, Stigmaria* 



The roof has much Cordaites. The shaly portions of the 

 coal contain Sigillaria elegans, Alcthopteris lonchitica, Cor- 

 daites borassifolia, Lepidodendron, Diplotegium, Trigonocarpum, 

 Stigmaria, and Sporangites glabra, also vascular bundles of 

 ferns and bast tissue. 



XVIII. 



(Gray and red shales and gray sandstone ; one of the 

 latter with erect Catamites and SigtUaria. One 

 underclay) CO 1 



Coal-group 13a. 



XVII. 

 ( Gray shale. 

 .-< Coal, 8 inches 

 (^ Argillaceous underclay, Stigmaria. 



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The roof has Cordaites and many decayed stipes. The 

 coal has Cordaites and vegetable fragments. 



XVI. 



(A very thick sandstone with shales. Erect Cata- 

 mites, footprints of reptiles, and rain-marks) 



• XV. 



' Gray shales with ironstone. 

 Coal, 3 inches. 

 Coaly shale, 2 inches. 

 Coal, 3 inches. 

 Underclay, Stigmaria, G feet. 



Coal-group 14 -; Coaly shale, 4 inches. 



Underclay, Stigmaria, 1 foot. 



Coaly shale, 8 inches. 



Coal, 2 inches ....... 



Argillo-arcnaceous underclay, Stigmaria, and iron- 

 stone. 



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