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very perfect; and being supposed by many in the vicinity 

 to be the^fleshy part of the clam petrified, they are known 

 as petrified clams. . The locality where they are found 

 most abundantly is upon the point of land between the 

 two roads which lead from Tuckahoe, the one towards 

 Petersburg, and the other towards Dennisville, and 

 within a quarter of a mile of the village. They are 

 usually within a few inches of the surface. The ground 

 is nearly level, and six or eight feet above high water. 



About five miles south of Beesley's Point, and a short 

 distance west of the sea-side road, on land of Mr. Jonathan 

 Godfrey, is a locality of shell-marl. It was discovered 

 several years since in the roots of a tree which had been 

 blown down. It was also found in a water-hole. Mr. 

 John Stites and myself, found it on the right of the road 

 leading from the sea-side to the upper bridge across Cedar 

 Swamp Creek. It was in a swampy hollow, and was 

 covered by a foot of decayed leaves and muck, and one 

 and a half feet of sand. The marl was a mixture of 

 broken shells and blue mud, and only about a foot and a 

 half thick. The shells appeared to be those of the oyster ; 

 all very much broken. A few specimens of a little snail, 

 or periwinkle {Buccinum obsoletwn) were found. It does 

 not appear to be very extensive, as in trials since made in 

 the vicinity it was not met with. The ground is several 

 feet above tide, and is covered with trees and bushes. 



§ A REMARKABLE fact in regard to buried stumps at 

 Cape Island, was related to me by Dr. S. S. Marcy, of 

 that place. It was observed by himself several years 

 since. Immediately after a violent easterly storm, which 



