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A sTiidT of maps leads decMvely lo "It -:zi- ndimoii. This is best 

 shoirn bv in<p^iis of niiat are here caUt :^ : - : ~'^^ sectioiis.^ Belts Off 

 C':i:iTi~ T^: :: T_ree miles vide are jyiryj^ ~ - T>TT>files in sueb 2 



waT that any giren point on Tir 77 -^ . t -tHIs the i_^_t5: 

 t:::i: i:: :1t ." ppi^ite to such point in t^T '-.- Sueh a s^- _ 

 giTfes an imprea^on st riking ly si rn i laT to thaT ~ ~ ^ be obtained 



by Icvlzzir " ~'"^ jonntry itself. Projections : _:_ ^ ~Tied from 



the "^:l::- I. _ iias to the ocean acro^ eiiJiT: " t " ^ ; :hi-? quad- 

 ranrlT^ : t-ti-i Maine or Hitchcock^s map : 1^t~ H _ 5^::r reure- 

 sf:iT tIt Xt~ Ezzland npland abnttiii^ sqnaiehr ag&mi: :_r i_ iZ-T^ins 

 at an eleraT: _ : lirde over 1000 feet. 



Be^nlts :: : i^ ^:i:ii zii^r :t lizi Jt to belicTe Hmt the flat-topped 

 s - rir the t: : : ill. Washington and standing some 



5^""-' i^t: t t -r ti 1:: T : : ' Te«i as remnants of the Xew Eng- 



land niliii' ;^ ^: It;; I - 1 :_ _:r has suggested in the American 

 Jonrzi_ :: ^ : tH t : r M-2^. ivl^. It was the interest deiiTed from this 

 aitic.T -^_ :_ tI^ : : . : er stady of the reri::i. 



7 T T? ~is . r4 and farorably criticise*! by Mr. P. M. Foshay 

 I. J : : : r Z ^•xidman, C. P. Berkey and D. W. J<dm»>n. 



I : Reeds TAhioiied ihe Bosales's collection of fossils and discussed 

 -It r _ - 2: featores of northwestern Sonth America, the climatic 

 z ; _- ; r": i_::ir i :y Tmations in deration and ihe trend of the principal 

 II :z. _— . Four colored geolc^ical maps of the r^ion "fir lis- 

 : ;- i — Z as typical cross-sections showing the geological structure. 



StI 7 tS. the donor of the collection of fo^ils, was present and 

 rz It ' -T Academy Hie geological location of the points from 

 - _ : T I ^ - 7t !lected- 



_„f ^t1Tl._ t--t1_ „ _ iroed. 



D. W. JOHXSOX. 



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