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Rock Strata of the Cuyahoga. 



in the valley occupying the intermediate space, as they are buried 

 deep under the coal series, fragments of which are brought up from 

 great depths in boring for salt water, on the Muskingum and Ohio, 

 near the centre of the valley ; leading us to infer that the same force 

 from below, which raised the mountain ranges, also raised up the ta- 

 ble lands between Lake Erie and the waters which run into the Ohio. 

 The following section (Fig. 11.) will show the order of stratifica- 

 tion from the surface of the highest land in the vicinity of the falls, 



Fig. 11 



feet, 81i) 



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