AP0LAC0N. G 5 . 83 



Forks of road at A. Graves', 1120' 



Forks at School House No. 3, 1180' 



" near Wm. Creagh's, 1650' 



" " P. Ryan's, 1650' 



" " Mrs. Lynch's, 1560 



" " S. F. CarmaJt's, 1470' 



» nextN.W., 1200' 



Cross roads near D. Sheahen's, .... 1300' 



Forks west from J. Foster's, 1725' 



" near R. Bowen's, 1650' 



Level of Lake of Meadows, 1550' 



Forks near P. McVinnie's, . . 1500' 



Cross roads near L. Hickey's, 1550' 



2. Choconut, in Susquehanna county. 



This lies directly east from Apolacon and like it borders 

 on the N. Y. State line. 



# It is drained entirely by the waters of the Choconut 

 creek, a very sluggish stream which rises just south of the 

 township line, and flowing northward along its eastern limit, 

 empties into the Susquehanna river within the State of 

 New York. 



The township is a small one, and its surface is so buried 

 by Drift and loose material that very few exposures can be 

 seen. 



CatsMll rocks underlie all the higher areas, while the 

 valley of the Choconut and the adjacent hill sides, up to 

 100' — 200' above, consist of Chemung ; though these lower 

 beds are seldom or never uncovered. 



Section at Doyle's. — On the land of Mrs. Doyle, near the" 

 western line of the township the following succession is 

 seen at the roadside : (Fig. 12.) 



Mrs. Doyle's section. 



1. Massive greenish gray sandstone, 20' 



2. Shaly sandstone, . 35' 



3. Red shale, * . . 20' 



4. Massive green sandstone, (base 1650' A. T.,) 20' 



It is needless to say that this succession belongs in the 

 Catskill series, since no where in the Chemung do we find 

 beds of sandstone at all resembling Nos. 1 and 4. Seen in 

 cliffs they have a very solid massive appearance, but on 



