266 J. D. Dana on the Quartzite, Limestone, ete., 
This projection of the mass from the east side of the Taconic 
Range is shown in the accompanying outline map of the region. 
TT is the em of 
the Taconic Mount- Ss 
ains, situated along the ———————————— 
boundary between N. 
rk and Massachu- 
setts; while E, more 
than three miles east of iS 
the boundary, is the = 
position of Mount Ev- > 
erett. The part lined 
over is the limestone > 
region lying to the et 
north and east and cov- 
ering a portion of the , 
eastern F foot f the ( WASHINGTON 
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into Egremont. The 
limestone reaches into 
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S, T, is 
a fine-grained mica slate approaching (if not really) hydromica 
bipega It is the same that constl- 
tutes Tom Ball near Willi 
easterly dip—the amount 35° to 45°. But along the western 
the under-mountain road—the dip is to the west 25° to 30°, with 
the strike N. to N. 25° E. (compass course). The limestone 
extends up the slope of the mountain for 100 to 120 feet above 
the road (by estimate, 700 feet above the sea level), and retains 
throughout its westerly dip; and then there follows the over 
lying slate of the mountain, with the same dip. This plunge 
