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ft. in. 

 Sandstone, gray. Two erect stumps, one of them a Sigillaria 



with Stigmaria roots, erect Calamites 2 



*Shale, gray and Ironstone. Roots and rootlets of erect stumps, 6 6 



Coal, impure. Much Poacites, OJ 



Shale, gray, 11J 



Coal and bituminous shale. Prostrate trunks and mineral char- 

 coal, OJ 



♦Sandstone with clay parting. Stigmaria rootlets and pros- 

 trate Sigillaria above the clay parting, 3 6 



Sandstone and shales with ironstone, 12 



Ironstone-band. Sigillaria, Favularia, Poacites, Ferns, &c. ; 



Spirorbis attached to many of these plants, 3 



*Underclays. Rootlets of Stigmaria and carbonized plants,. . . 2 



Coal, impure, 1 



•Sandstone, Argillaceous. Stools and rootlets of Stigmaria, . . 2 6 

 ♦Sandstone alternating with shales. In one bed, Stigmaria 

 stools and an erect tree. In another Ulodendron and other 



trees, prostrate, with Spirorbis attached, 10 



♦Shale, gray, passing downwards into underclay. Poacites, 

 Lepidophylla, &c. ; an erect tree, Stigmaria rootlets in lower 



part, 3 10 



Coal, 3 



♦Underclay. Rootlets, 5 



Coal and bituminous shale, in several alternations. Lepido- 

 dendron, Ulodendron, Poacites, Lepidophylla. (This is called 



the Queen's Vein.) I 9 



♦Shale, gray. Poacites in upper part. In lower part an under- 

 clay with remains of erect stumps, 4 4 



Coal, 1 



♦Underclay, black, bituminous, slickensided, resting on hard 



arenaceous understone. Stools and rootlets of Stigmaria, ... 3 



The remainder of this section, one of the most distinct in the world, 

 may be found in Sir W. E. Logan's first report; and with full illustra- 

 tions of its fossils, in " Acadian Geology," and in the Journal of the 

 Geological Society of London, 1853. 



