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1268 (5). City stone pit, Hartford, Connecticut, showing contact of trap sheet 



(probably the "posterior") on the underlying shales. The roofs of 

 Trinity College are seen above the ridge. The view looks a little east 

 of north. 



1269 (6). Slab of Triassic sandstone, showing mud cracks; size about 10 feet by 



5 feet ; Shaler and Hall quarry, Portland, Connecticut. 



1270 (7). Section of the bed of volcanic ashes west of the southern end of Lamen- 



tation mountain, near Meriden, Connecticut. (See "The lost Vol- 

 canoes of Connecticut." W. M. Davis. Popular Science Monthly, 

 1891.) The picture, looking a little north of east, shows the flattened 

 " bombs" imbedded in the ashes. 



1271 (8). Detail of a part of same ash-bed, showing bombs imbedded in the ashes. 



1272 (9). Contact of Calciferous on fundamental gneiss ; Little falls of the Mo" 



hawk, New York. The locality is on a cut of the West Shore rail- 

 road. Close upon the gneiss is a thin layer of conglomerate, consid- 

 ered by Professor W. M. Davis to belong to Calciferous times and not 

 to Potsdam times, as some have suggested. 



1273 (10). Same contact, showing the thin (3 or 4 inches) layer of conglomerate. 



1274 (11). Old shoreline of lake Ontario, near Rose village, New York, about three 



miles south of Sodus bay. 



1275 (12). High falls of Genesee river at Rochester, New York. The lower fall 



(in the foreground) is determined by the Medina sandstone, the one 

 next above by the Pentamerus limestone of the Clinton. 



1276 (13). The Niagara escarpment, looking west. Between the camera and General 



Brocks' monument flows the Niagara river. Between General Brocks' 

 monument and the distant headland of the escarpment is probably 

 the broad mouth of the old drift-choked valley mentioned by Gilbert 

 in his article on the history of Niagara (see Report of New York State 

 Reservation). 



1277 (] 4). The Niagara escarpment from inside the gorge, looking toward Queenston. 



Five views ^jvesenied by E. L. Edgerly 



1278 (1). Glaciated surface, Bronx park. New York city. 



1279 (2\ Drift boulder, Bronx park. New York city. 



1280 (3). Drift boulder, Bronx park. New York city. 



1281 (4). Drift boulder, Bronx park. New York city. 



1282 (5). Drift boulder, Bronx park, New York city. 



It was voted that the report of the Photograph Committee be adopted. 

 It was also voted that the committee be allowed an appropriation of $15 

 for 1896. 



The Secretary announced that the Council suggested for the next sum- 

 mer meeting, to be held at Buffalo, a variation from the usual program. 

 Instead of the several sessions for reading of papers it was proposed to 

 organize a number of excursions previous to the meeting for the study 

 of the different classes of geologic phenomena in the district surrounding 

 Buffalo ] to convene the Society for one session for administrative busi- 



