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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  ship 
  into 
  Albany 
  co. 
  the 
  lines 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  maps 
  agree 
  quite 
  

   closely. 
  On 
  the 
  Geologic 
  map 
  of 
  Neio 
  York 
  published 
  in 
  1844 
  all 
  

   the 
  high 
  country 
  in 
  Broome 
  and 
  Conesville 
  townships 
  in 
  the 
  east- 
  

   ern 
  part 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  co. 
  is 
  mapped 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Portage 
  

   and 
  Chemung 
  formations, 
  which 
  were 
  not 
  separated 
  on 
  the 
  map. 
  

   Along 
  the 
  highway 
  from 
  the 
  corners 
  at 
  the 
  schoolhouse 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   trict 
  no. 
  11 
  in 
  Middleburg 
  to 
  Houston 
  Corners 
  east 
  of 
  Breakabeen 
  

   there 
  are 
  occasional 
  ledges 
  of 
  shales 
  and 
  sandstones 
  which 
  are 
  

   in 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  formation. 
  Opposite 
  Blen- 
  

   heim 
  hill, 
  the 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  high 
  hill 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  river 
  between 
  Fultonham 
  and 
  Panther 
  creek, 
  on 
  the 
  road- 
  

   side 
  are 
  fairly 
  gritty 
  blue, 
  sparingly 
  fossiliferous 
  shales 
  (XXIX 
  B 
  1 
  ) 
  

   from 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  were 
  collected 
  : 
  

  

  1 
  Tropidoleptus 
  carinatus 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (c) 
  

  

  2 
  (famarotoechia 
  congregata 
  (Con.) 
  H. 
  & 
  C. 
  (c) 
  

  

  3 
  Liopteria 
  sp. 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Badly 
  broken 
  specimen. 
  

  

  4 
  ModiomorpJia 
  subalata 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  (?) 
  (rr) 
  

  

  Imperfectly 
  preserved 
  specimen. 
  

  

  XXIX 
  A. 
  On 
  the 
  eastern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  below 
  Breaka- 
  

   been 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  perpendicular 
  cliff 
  of 
  shales 
  alternating 
  with 
  sand- 
  

   stones 
  rising 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  estimated 
  as 
  between 
  60 
  and 
  70 
  feet 
  

   high, 
  then 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  trees, 
  then 
  another 
  perpendicular 
  cliff 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  a 
  third 
  one. 
  A 
  hill 
  crowns 
  the 
  summit 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  

   exposure 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  Wauhalla 
  mountain. 
  A 
  view 
  of 
  this 
  cliff 
  

   "from 
  near 
  the 
  river 
  road 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  side 
  is 
  here 
  shown. 
  A 
  

   section 
  was 
  constructed 
  from 
  the 
  river 
  level 
  at 
  the 
  highway 
  

   bridge 
  below 
  Breakabeen 
  through 
  Houston 
  Corners' 
  to 
  a 
  

   point 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  

   Corners 
  and 
  the 
  diagrammatic 
  form 
  is 
  here 
  given. 
  On 
  the 
  western 
  

   bank 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  at 
  the 
  highway 
  bridge 
  below 
  Breakabeen 
  are 
  

   blue, 
  somewhat 
  irregular 
  shales 
  alternating 
  with 
  blue 
  sandstone 
  

   layers 
  varying 
  in 
  thickness 
  from 
  two 
  inches 
  to 
  a 
  foot. 
  The 
  

   shales 
  at 
  the 
  northern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  bridge 
  contain 
  large 
  numbers 
  

   of 
  Paracyclas 
  Urata 
  (Con.) 
  Hall 
  associated 
  with 
  other 
  Hamilton 
  

  

  