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  Hay 
  — 
  Ages 
  of 
  Pleistocene 
  Deposits. 
  

  

  southern 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  New 
  England. 
  Not 
  until 
  the 
  

   region 
  north 
  of 
  Manasquan 
  river 
  had 
  slowly 
  emerged 
  

   from 
  the 
  sea 
  could 
  mastodons 
  have 
  lived 
  there 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  

   was 
  probably 
  not 
  before 
  the 
  glacial 
  sheet 
  had 
  retreated 
  

   some 
  considerable 
  distance 
  up 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  That 
  is, 
  

   these 
  mastodons 
  belong 
  probably 
  to 
  the 
  Champlain 
  stage 
  

   of 
  the 
  Pleistocene. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  peninsula 
  lying 
  east 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  bay 
  is 
  found 
  

   typical 
  Talbot. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  few 
  vertebrate 
  fossils 
  found 
  

   along 
  the 
  eastern 
  shore 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  bay 
  in 
  supposed 
  

   Talbot 
  give 
  us 
  any 
  clue 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Pleistocene 
  

   to 
  which 
  it 
  appertains. 
  It 
  probably 
  corresponds 
  to 
  the 
  

   Cape 
  May. 
  The 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  peninsula 
  is 
  occupied 
  

   by 
  an 
  older 
  formation. 
  Sanford 
  11 
  states 
  that 
  in 
  Virginia 
  

   the 
  Talbot 
  is 
  30 
  miles 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  south. 
  If 
  Stevenson's 
  

   map 
  of 
  the 
  superficial 
  formations 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  be 
  

   consulted 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  that 
  this 
  corresponds 
  almost 
  

   exactly 
  with 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  Pamlico 
  formation 
  at 
  the 
  

   line 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  states. 
  That 
  seems 
  to 
  mean 
  that 
  

   the 
  Talbot 
  merges 
  into 
  the 
  Pamlico 
  alone. 
  On 
  the 
  lati- 
  

   tude 
  of 
  Cape 
  Lookout 
  this 
  formation 
  narrows 
  abruptly 
  

   and 
  continues 
  on 
  down 
  the 
  coast 
  as 
  an 
  inconsiderable 
  

   strip. 
  The 
  writer 
  knows 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  

   referred 
  to 
  the 
  Wisconsin 
  stage 
  of 
  the 
  Pleistocene. 
  In 
  

   Carteret 
  county, 
  a 
  little 
  north 
  of 
  Beaufort, 
  there 
  was 
  

   dredged 
  up 
  a 
  tooth 
  of 
  Elephas 
  primigenius, 
  the 
  most 
  

   southern 
  point 
  known 
  for 
  this 
  cold 
  climate 
  species. 
  It 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  most 
  natural 
  to 
  refer 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  last 
  glacial 
  

   stage. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  this 
  view, 
  the 
  Cape 
  May 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  

   as 
  recognized 
  by 
  Salisbury 
  and 
  Knapp, 
  the 
  Talbot 
  of 
  

   Maryland 
  (or 
  at 
  least 
  most 
  of 
  it), 
  and 
  the 
  Pamlico 
  of 
  

   North 
  Carolina 
  are 
  of 
  late 
  Pleistocene 
  time. 
  All 
  of 
  those 
  

   deposits, 
  which 
  furnish 
  remains 
  of 
  horses, 
  the 
  Navesink 
  

   Hills, 
  Fish 
  House, 
  Swedesboro, 
  Chesapeake 
  Beach, 
  

   Marshall 
  Hall, 
  "Washington, 
  Plymouth, 
  New 
  Bern, 
  

   Charleston, 
  and 
  Vero, 
  belong 
  to 
  a 
  much 
  older 
  Pleistocene 
  

   time, 
  approximately 
  the 
  first 
  interglacial. 
  

  

  Prominent 
  geologists, 
  especially 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  

   Geological 
  Survey 
  and 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  farther 
  

   south, 
  have 
  recognized 
  the 
  various 
  formations 
  and 
  ter- 
  

   mers 
  above-mentioned 
  as 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  a^ 
  many 
  periods 
  

   of 
  submergence 
  in 
  the 
  sea. 
  At 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  each 
  terrace 
  

  

  11 
  Virginia 
  Geo!. 
  Surv., 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  25, 
  1913. 
  

  

  