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quite different aspect from those below. At kilometer 29 (elevation 

 281™), near the station of Urufanguinhas, a soft ochrous shale, con- 

 taining beautifully preserved fossil leaves, appears in a cutting. 

 Collections of these fossils were remitted some years ago to Sapota 

 and Ettenhausen, but both unfortunately died before reporting upon 



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them. It is understood, however, that they were considered to be 

 of late Tertiary, probably Pliocene, age. The western face of this 

 Tertiary plateau presents a thickness of about 80"^ of strata, as 

 gneiss appears in a stream-bed at kilometer 85 at an elevation of 

 322™. From this point to Jacuricy station (kil. 245) the road crosses 

 a plateau of a general elevation of about 400"^, dotted with detached 



