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21st. Are they resorted to as such, and are they 

 perpetual ? 



22d. In digging for wells, and other purposes, in 

 the second alluvial plain, has an instance occurred in 

 which it has been carried below the level of the lower, 

 or first intervale on the river ? If so, what were the 

 appearances ? 



23d. Were there any appearances of fossil wood, or 

 other organick remains to he seen, particularly on a 

 level with the first bank or alluvial district ? 



2 1th. Are there to be found in the earth upon the 

 second plain, irregular masses or boulders of rocks, 

 out of place ? 



25th. If so, are they exclusively confined to the up- 

 per plain, or are they alike distributed in the earth, 

 both in the first as well as second bank? 



26th. Of what description are they, and in what di- 

 rection, and at what distance are rocks of the same 

 kind found in place P 



27th. Have beds of salt or fresh water shells, or 

 shell- marie, been found in either of those banks ? If 

 so, which bank is it, and of which kind of shells, and 

 at what depth are they found ? 



28th. Are there rocks, shells, &c. to be found in the 

 alluvial banks on both sides of a river, or only on one 

 side ? If the latter, which side is it? 



29th. Are the alluvial banks or intervales on one 

 side of a river, generally of a greater breadth than 

 those on the, opposite side ? If so, on which side do 



