Mineralogy and Geology. 117 
The writer’s attention was called to these fossils by a letter from Mr. 
N. S. Manross of Bristol, (a member of the academical department of 
Yale College,) whose father owns the quarry where they were found. 
This gentleman had the consideration to preserve these interesting relics 
from destruction until they had been visited by the writer in company 
with R. Bakewell, Esq., to whom we are indebted for the accompanying 
sketch of the quarry with the two trees as they appeared, at the time 
of our visit. 
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- It will be observed that the trunks are nearly parallel to each other in 
the plane of stratification of the beds, and nearly at right angles to the 
strike of the strata. Their buts point toward the river, while their heads 
are buried beneath the unopened sandstone. Several branches were to 
was all the general character that could be observed. They were ous 
flattened by the pressure of superincumbent rocks, not being over eons 
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inches thick in the thickest parts and thinning out to the edges. 
