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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEtJM 
  

  

  with 
  shale 
  partings. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  

   the 
  tunnel 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side, 
  Lingida 
  associated 
  with 
  plant 
  stems 
  

   was 
  found 
  in 
  place, 
  while 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  greenish 
  shales 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  LiorliyncJius 
  occur. 
  A 
  little 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  highway 
  and 
  

   railroad 
  is 
  a 
  quarry 
  of 
  coarse 
  greenish 
  gray 
  flagstone 
  in 
  which 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  layers 
  have 
  a 
  slightly' 
  pinkish 
  tint. 
  To 
  the 
  north 
  

   of 
  the 
  tunnel 
  is 
  quite 
  an 
  extensive 
  fill, 
  the 
  material 
  for 
  which 
  

   came 
  from 
  it, 
  and 
  when 
  first 
  visited 
  about 
  two 
  months 
  after 
  the 
  

   opening 
  of 
  the 
  tunnel 
  in 
  1891, 
  there 
  were 
  plenty 
  of 
  large 
  blocks 
  

   of 
  red 
  shale 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  which 
  contained 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  Ldngula 
  and 
  other 
  shells 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  bones 
  and 
  

   scales 
  of 
  fish. 
  When 
  visited 
  in 
  1895, 
  however, 
  the 
  fossiliferous 
  

   shales 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  tunnel 
  and 
  dumped 
  at 
  both 
  the 
  northern 
  

   and 
  southern 
  ends 
  were 
  so 
  badly 
  slacked 
  by 
  weathering 
  that 
  

   collecting 
  was 
  very 
  unsatisfactory. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  deeper 
  

   blocks 
  may 
  yet 
  remain 
  unweathered 
  from 
  which 
  fair 
  specimens* 
  

   might 
  be 
  obtained. 
  The 
  rocks 
  from 
  this 
  tunnel 
  are 
  probably 
  

   in 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  formation 
  and 
  affording 
  quite 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  fauna 
  they 
  become 
  important 
  from 
  a 
  paleontologi- 
  

   cal 
  standpoint. 
  In 
  fact 
  quite 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   came 
  from 
  red, 
  argillaceous 
  shales 
  while 
  the 
  massive 
  greenish 
  

   gray 
  sandstone 
  below 
  the 
  red 
  at 
  the 
  northern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  tunnel 
  

   resembles 
  the 
  coarse 
  sandstones 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill. 
  The 
  ichthyic 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  were 
  studied 
  by 
  Dr 
  C. 
  R. 
  Eastman 
  of 
  Harvard 
  university, 
  

   the 
  well 
  known 
  authority 
  in 
  ichthyic 
  paleontology 
  who 
  kindly 
  

   prepared 
  the 
  interesting 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  fossils 
  given 
  at 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  this 
  report. 
  He 
  identified 
  Bothriolepis 
  minor 
  Xewb. 
  and 
  

   Onchus 
  sp. 
  Eastman. 
  

  

  XXXIII 
  A 
  2 
  . 
  The 
  village 
  of 
  Franklin 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  

   Ouleout 
  brook 
  from 
  400 
  to 
  500 
  feet 
  lower 
  than 
  the 
  New 
  York, 
  

   Ontario 
  and 
  Western 
  railroad 
  tunnel 
  between 
  Merrickville 
  and 
  

   North 
  Walton. 
  A 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  below 
  Franklin 
  a 
  brook 
  enters 
  

   the 
  Ouleout 
  from 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  a 
  section 
  was 
  constructed 
  

   from 
  the 
  Ouleout 
  level 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  between 
  the 
  Franklin 
  Station 
  and 
  Merrickville 
  highway. 
  

   The 
  rocks 
  along 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  Ouleout 
  brook 
  are 
  very 
  largely 
  red 
  

  

  