CONTENTS, 



Chapter I. — Introduction 223 



Difficulties of the field 223 



Arrangement of report U25 



Chapter II. — The western islands of the hay 227 



Dutch Island 227 



Conankut 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 23£ 



Shale region 232 



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



Hope Island 235 



Prudence Island 937 



Chapter III. — The western shore of the hay 242 



From Saundersto wn to Narragansett Pier 242 



Along the shore 242 



West of the cove and Pattaquamscott River 246 



From Saunderstown to Wick ford 248 



From Wickford to East Greenwich 251 



Western horder of the Carboniferous basin, from East Greenwich to Natick and north- 

 ward into Cranston 252 



Rocks east of 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 



Popasquash Neck 261 



Bristol Neck 261 



Carboniferous area 261 



Granite area 262 



Warren Neck 264 



Conglomerates and shales of Swansea and Warren, north of the necks 264 



Gardeners Neck 267 



Braytons Point and northward 268 



Sewammock Neck 268 



Chapter V. — The eastern shore of the bay 269 



Steep Brook 269 



Fall River 270 



Towusend Hill T 270 



Tiverton 271 



Gould Islaud 272 



Granite area at the northeast end of Aquidneck Island.. 273 



Eastern border of the Carboniferous basin south of Tiverton Four Corners 274 



Sandstone series between Windmill Hill and the cove north of Browns Point 275 



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