YlH CONTENTS. 



Pakt II — Continued. 



Chapter V.— The Carboniferous strata— Continued. Page. 



Extension of the Coal Measures north and east of Taunton 187 



Dedham quadrangle 187 



Mansfield area 188 



Flora of Mansfield section 191 



Bridge water area 192 



Abington quadrangle 193 



Taunton quadrangle 195 



Red beds 195 



Outcrops in Norton 195 



Winneconnet ledges 196 



Scolithus beds 197 



Taunton waterworks section 198 



Westville section 199 



Taunton River Valley 200 



Middleboro quadrangle 200 



Chapter VI. —Organic geology 202 



Insect fauna 202 



Stratigraphic position of the fauna 203 



Odontopteris flora 203 



List of plants identified by Lesquereux 204 



Coal beds 205 



Search for coal 207 



Thickness of the Carboniferous - 208 



Acknowledgments 211 



Appendix. — Bibliography of the Cambrian and Carboniferous rocks of the Narragansett Basin. 212 



Part III.— Geology of the Carboniferous strata of the southwestern portion of 

 the Narragansett Basin, with an account of the Cambrian deposits, by 

 Aug. F. Foerste. 



Chapter I. — Introduction 223 



Difficulties of the field 223 



Arrangement of report 225 



Chapter II. — The western islands of the bay 227 



Dutch Island 227 



Conanicut Island 228 



Fox Hill, Beaver Head 228 



Northern half of the island, north of Round Swamp 229 



Southern half of the island, south of Round Swamp 232 



Shale region 232 



Granite area, the Dumplings, and the arkose region west of the Dumplings 233 



Hope Island 235 



Prudence Island 237 



Chapter III. — The western shore of the bay 242 



From Saunderstown to Narragansett Pier 242 



Along the shore 242 



West of the cove and Pattaquamscott River 246 



From Saunderstown to Wickford 248 



From Wickford to East Greenwich 251 



Western border of the Carboniferous basin, from EaBt Greenwich to Natiok and northward 



into Cranston 252 



Rocks eastof the western border of the Carboniferous area in Warwick and southern Cranston. 256 



Warwick Neck 258 



Chapter IV. — The northern shore of the bay 259 



Providence River and eastward 259 



Rumstick Neck 260 



