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On the summit of the hill, near A. TownsencT s, a massive 

 sandstone begins at 1725' and extends up to 1775' A. T. It 

 is the same as the top stratum of preceding section. Below 

 it at 1710' a Mood-red shale is seen. 



Near Upsonville, at the northern line of the township a 

 very red shale is seen at 1650' A. T. and is exposed along 

 the road in a thickness of 30'. The same shale also makes 

 a red band in the road, for a considerable distance, at the 

 Presbyterian church, one half mile south from Upsonville : 



Barometric elevations in Franklin. 



A. T. 



Forks near C. Folett's 1665' 



" M. S. Brundagee's, 1660' 



" N. T. Buck's, 1575' 



" School-house No. 9, 1475' 



Cross rords near J. M. Baker's, 1225' 



Forts near school-house No. 8, 1215' 



" S. P. Halsey's, 1165' 



Level of Snake creek at Franklin Forks, 1085' 



Forks near B. R. Todd's, 1125' 



" N. P. Wheaton's, 1225' 



" D. Salsbury's, 1545' 



" next east, 1665' 



Cross roads in Upsonville, 1620' 



" at school-house No. 2, 1505' 



Forks near E. S. Looker's, 1700' 



" school-house No. 7, 1425' 



6. Great Bend, in Susquehanna county. 



This lie immediately west from Liberty and has New 

 York for its northern boundary. 



The Susquehanna river passes entirely across its area, en- 

 tering it near the middle of its eastern line, and leaving it 

 at its northwestern corner, receiving the entire drainage of 

 the township direct from the tributary streams both north 

 and south. 



The rocks of this township belong to the Catskill and 

 Chemung. The Catsklll measures cap all the summits of 

 the hills, while a broad band of Chemung lines the valley 

 of the Susquehanna and all its tributaries for some distance 

 from their mouths. The base of the Calslcill sandstone 



