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VI Herkimer 



From four to six miles south of Herkimer the country is de- 

 cidedly hilly, and quarries begin to make their appearance 

 in several directions. First one notices the Oneida conglomerate, 

 and the Clinton sandstones. Then he sees along the way a strip 

 of red land, made so by the fossiliferous Clinton iron ore below. 

 But these he passes over rapidly, likewise the Salina shales and 

 impure limestones. Finally in the vicinity of Phil Diehl's place, 

 the quarries and natural escarpments begin to show fossiliferous 

 Manlius and Helderberg beds. Just before reaching this place, 

 an exposure of buff, calcareous shale can be seen about the 

 springs below the cider mill. Above, in the road these shales 

 become somewhat fossiliferous ; impressions of Sp vanuxemi are 

 more and more common as one goes up in the field across the 

 road to where a slightly harder layer crops out and makes a 

 noticeable little hillock. This is close by Diehl's house. So far,* 

 from the shale below to the outcrop in the field, there are inter- 

 mittent exposures for about 50 ft. 



Back of Ackler's barn, thin even-bedded Spirifer vanuxemi 

 beds appear. They may be examined to advantage in the trail 

 leading south-west from the barn. In the pasture a few hundred 

 feet farther on in the same direction, typical Manlius beds occur 

 with a wealth of Sp vanuxemi, also Stromatopora, Megambonia, 

 and Leperditia. 



Leaving this lot and going south-east across a small valley to 

 where a natural escarpment forms a prominent and inviting ob- 

 ject for investigation, one finds the upper Manlius and lower 

 Coeyma'ns most excellently exposed. Section 6, above the 

 space marked "covered" was compiled at this place. 



Beginning at top of talus, the rocks appear practically the same 

 as those last discussed, typically Manlius. But as we climb up 

 the escarpment, noting height and fossils, we see that even Oris- 

 kany Falls can scarcely furnish such a numerous sub-Helderberg- 

 ian assemblage of species. 



In the section, between the words "Daimanities" and "Stro- 

 p/ieodonta" the following forms occur : Platyceras (small), large 

 coiled gasteropod, Stroph. varistriata, A try pa reticularis, Un- 

 cinulus nucleolata, Un cinulus sp., Sp. vanuxemi, Meristella leevis, 

 Strophonella sp., Mcgambonia (iviculoidea , M. spin?ieri, Tentacu- 

 lites, and a smooth Gypidula, more of the form and appearance of 



