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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  township 
  line 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  miles 
  southeast 
  of 
  

   Bennettsville 
  loose 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  stone 
  walls 
  are 
  

   numerous 
  blocks 
  composed 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  extent 
  of 
  fossils. 
  Spe- 
  

   cially 
  abundant 
  are 
  Spirifer 
  mesastrialis 
  Hall 
  and 
  S. 
  mucronatus 
  

   (Con.) 
  Bill. 
  var. 
  posterns 
  H. 
  & 
  C. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  some 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  the 
  large 
  Lamellibranchs 
  of 
  the 
  Chemung, 
  as 
  Lyriopecten 
  

   tricostatus 
  (Van.) 
  Hall. 
  A 
  farmer 
  residing 
  in 
  that 
  neighborhood 
  

   stated 
  that 
  the 
  fossiliferous 
  blocks 
  or 
  the 
  " 
  shell 
  rocks 
  " 
  as 
  he 
  

   called 
  them 
  were 
  more 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  

   southern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  creek. 
  From 
  loose 
  blocks 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  

   the 
  following 
  species 
  were 
  collected: 
  

  

  1 
  Spirifer 
  mesastrialis 
  Hall 
  (a) 
  

  

  2 
  S. 
  mucronatus 
  (Con.) 
  Bill. 
  (aa) 
  

  

  . 
  var. 
  posterns 
  H. 
  & 
  C. 
  

  

  3 
  Liorhynchus 
  gloouliformis 
  (Van.) 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  4 
  ScMzophoria 
  impressa 
  (Hall) 
  H. 
  & 
  C. 
  (rr) 
  

  

  5 
  Modiomorpha 
  quadrula 
  Hall 
  (c) 
  

  

  6 
  Sphenotus 
  cf. 
  contractus 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

  

  7 
  $.. 
  cf. 
  clavulus 
  Hall 
  • 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Both 
  species 
  imperfectly 
  preserved. 
  

  

  8 
  Lyriopecten 
  tricostatus 
  (Van.) 
  Hall 
  (c) 
  

  

  9 
  Cyrtina 
  hamiltonensis 
  Hall 
  (rr) 
  

   10 
  Belter 
  oplion 
  maera 
  Hall 
  (c) 
  

  

  Afton 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  Bainbridge 
  and 
  Coventry 
  is 
  Afton, 
  the 
  south- 
  

   eastern 
  township 
  of 
  Chenango 
  county, 
  which 
  is 
  bounded 
  on 
  the 
  

   east 
  by 
  Delaware 
  county 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  partly 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  by 
  Broome 
  county. 
  The 
  township 
  is 
  crossed 
  diagonally 
  

   from 
  the 
  northeast 
  to 
  the 
  southwest 
  by 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  river, 
  

   the 
  largest 
  tributaries 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  north. 
  Two 
  of 
  

   these, 
  Bump's 
  creek 
  and 
  Kelsey 
  brook, 
  unite 
  near 
  Afton 
  village; 
  

   while 
  the 
  third, 
  Wylie 
  brook, 
  crosses 
  the 
  extreme 
  western 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  township. 
  

  

  LXIX 
  A 
  1 
  . 
  About 
  one 
  mile 
  above 
  Afton 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   Susquehanna 
  river 
  and 
  from 
  20 
  to 
  25 
  feet 
  above 
  its 
  level 
  a 
  few 
  

  

  