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  a 
  heavy 
  dip 
  to 
  the 
  southwest, 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  measured 
  2° 
  S, 
  

   46° 
  W. 
  This 
  amount 
  of 
  dip 
  seems 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  coarse, 
  

   greenish 
  sandstones 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  north 
  of 
  Jefferson 
  and 
  east 
  

   of 
  Morseville 
  have 
  been 
  carried 
  considerably 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  

   at 
  Jefferson; 
  in 
  fact 
  if 
  the 
  dip 
  be 
  as 
  great 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  south 
  

   for 
  the 
  entire 
  distance 
  then 
  the 
  sandstones 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Jef- 
  

   ferson 
  (XXVII 
  A 
  1 
  ) 
  must 
  be 
  some 
  300 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  ledge 
  

   (XXVII 
  B 
  1 
  ) 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  village. 
  A 
  view 
  of 
  this 
  ledge 
  was 
  

   given 
  in 
  part 
  1 
  of 
  this 
  report 
  on 
  pi. 
  9. 
  On 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Oneonta 
  sandstone 
  is 
  represented 
  consider- 
  

   ably 
  farther 
  south 
  than 
  the 
  ledge 
  of 
  greenish 
  and 
  red 
  sandstone 
  to 
  

   the 
  south 
  of 
  Jefferson. 
  

  

  SCHOHARIE 
  VALLEY 
  SECTION 
  

  

  Crossing 
  the 
  eastern 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  county 
  from 
  

   the 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  northeast 
  is 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river,® 
  which 
  for 
  the 
  

   greater 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  course 
  from 
  Gilboa 
  to 
  Middleburg 
  has 
  cut 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  and 
  deep 
  valley 
  lined 
  by 
  steep 
  and 
  often 
  precipitous 
  hills. 
  

   From 
  Middleburg 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  the 
  valley 
  is 
  generally 
  broader 
  

   although 
  usually 
  lined 
  by 
  steep 
  hills 
  with 
  rocky 
  slopes. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   beautiful 
  valley 
  and 
  the 
  view 
  from 
  nearly 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  hills 
  

   to 
  the 
  east 
  or 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  inspiring. 
  In 
  the 
  writer's 
  

   opinion 
  the 
  valley 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  in 
  the 
  state. 
  

   The 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  river 
  has 
  been 
  well 
  described 
  by 
  

   Prof. 
  Guyot 
  who 
  said, 
  "The 
  main 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  originates 
  at 
  the 
  

   foot 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  peaks 
  [in 
  the 
  central 
  chain 
  of 
  the 
  Catskill 
  

   mountains], 
  near 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  Plaaterkill 
  clove, 
  from 
  which 
  

   it 
  is 
  hardly 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  slight 
  swell 
  in 
  the 
  swampy 
  valley 
  

   bottom." 
  After 
  describing 
  its 
  course 
  through 
  the 
  Catskills 
  he 
  

   continues, 
  " 
  at 
  the 
  confluence 
  of 
  the 
  Manorkill, 
  it 
  enters 
  the 
  mass 
  

   of 
  the 
  northwestern 
  plateaus, 
  cutting 
  from 
  Gilboa 
  1033 
  feet, 
  to 
  

   Middleburg 
  640 
  feet, 
  a 
  deep 
  and 
  narrow 
  valley, 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  from 
  1000 
  to 
  1300 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  general 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  a 
  On 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  maps 
  this 
  stream 
  is 
  called 
  Schoharie 
  creek; 
  but 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  

   length, 
  over 
  76 
  miles, 
  its 
  volume 
  of 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  area 
  of 
  country 
  drained 
  by 
  it 
  

   and 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  the 
  writer 
  prefers 
  to 
  call 
  it 
  a 
  river. 
  

  

  