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the Cretaceous-Eocene contact. Inasmuch as Smith and Johnson 

 put the contact line about loo feet up in the Eocene, namely, at 

 the base of bed 19, it is not strange that "the two formations ap- 

 pear to be strictly conformable' ' and that their lithological resem- 

 blances are ' 'striking. ' ' 



Ivcaving Palmer's mill and going to the south and southwest a 

 mile or two, one observes that beds 17, 18 and 19, p. 31, are all 

 fossil if erous; bed 19 is the so-called Turritella limestone of this 

 region while 1 7 has been known as the Nautilus and Enclimatoc- 

 eras rock. It is however bed 18 from which the greatest variety 

 of fossils are obtamed. From this zone we procured at Cole's place 

 I mile we.it of Palmer's mill, Ostrea cremdimarginata, CuadlcBa 

 saffordi var., Venericardia planicosta typical and var.^ smithii, 

 Mesalia pumila, Calyptrophorzis velatus a.u& moxiy other imperfect 

 specimens. 



The most famous locality however for lower Midway fossils yet 

 discovered is on the plantation of W. W. McConnico about i>^ 

 miles southwest of Palmer's mill. We found this plantation in 

 charge of Mr. Stonewall McConnico who very generously gave 

 us the privilege of selecting such fossils from his cabinet asv were 

 of most interest to us and then escorted us to the best collecting 

 grounds on the place. Here in a cornfield we obtained Veneri- 

 cardia planicosta typical, and var. smithii, Ostrea crenidimarghiatd, 

 O. pulaskensis, Crassatella gabbi. and C. f, CucidlcBa saffordi, and 

 C. f. Pectuncidiis , Plicatidaf , Cerithium claytonense, Keilostoma 

 mediavia, TurriteUa mortoni, T. alabajniensis , Vohda lyroidea, 

 Pseudoliva scalina, Strepsidtiraf mediavia, Fissiirella mediavia, 

 Calyptrophorus velatiis var. compressiis, Mesalia pumila, Natica 

 and other doubtful specimens. 



By the roadside i mile south of Palmer's mill we obtained in a 

 cornfield, Ostrea cremdimarginata, Venericardia var. smithii, 

 Mesalia pnmila, Strepsidura? mediavia, Cerithitun claytonense. 



Allenton and Oak Hid and z;zVmz/)/.— Immediately after crossing 

 Pine Barren creek on the road from Snow Hill to Allenton one 

 ascends a steep slope caused by the presence of the Turritella 

 limestone and its adjacent beds. Besides Turritellcz, mostly of 

 the type styled alabamiensis , the different varieties of Veyiericardia 

 planicosta are met, along with Ostrea cremdimarginata, Cucull(£a 

 saffordi, Meretrix, et al. 



At Josh Hunter's, about half way from Snow Hill to Allenton, 

 the " Enclimatoceras" and "Turritella rocks" are well displayed, 

 the latter teeming with its typical genus. It contains more- 

 over, Ostrea cremdimarginata, Venericardia planicosta and var. 

 smithii, Cucidlcsa saffordi, Meretrix, Pecttinculus . Calyptrophorus 

 velatus vox., Natica, etc. The Enclimatoceras rock affords besides 



