164 G 5 . REPORT OF PROGRESS. I. C. WHITE. 



Forks near E. Lord's, 1415' 



" H. Braman's, 1065' 



" John Bloom's, 1075' 



Level of Little Equinunk next south, 1065' 



Forks near N. Groom's, 1070' 



Cross roads near J. Myers's 1170' 



32. Damascus, in Wayne county. 



This township lies directly south from Manchester and like 

 it has the Delaware river for its entire eastern boundary. 



The Delaware drains the entire district, principally through 

 Calkin's creek which empties into it at Milanville. 



This township like many others in Wayne, contains sev- 

 eral small lakes, or ponds, and one of these in the north- 

 western portion of the township called Duck Harbor is of 

 considerable size ; it lies partly in Damascus and partly in 

 Lebanon, and contains an area of about 175 acres. 



The rocks of this area belong entirely to the CalsTcill series, 

 the top of the Chemung lying probably three to four hun- 

 dred feet below river level on the Delaware. 



All along this river, the cliff sandstones of the Catskill 

 are seen in bold escarpments lining either bank of the stream 

 with immense cliffs of massive gray rock, with much current 

 bedding ; outcrops of blood red shale frequently intervening. 



Sometimes the channel of the river narrows and the cliffs 

 on opposite sides of the river approach very close to each 

 other. They sometimes pass in massive beds across the 

 channel of the river, making falls or rapids in its course. 



Narrowsburg, N. Y., just at the southeastern corner of 

 this township, is so named from the fact that owing to an 

 unusual massiveness in the rocks at that point the channel 

 of the river narrows up or contracts to so small a compass 

 that a wooden bridge unites the opposite shores with only a 

 single span of 160 feet, whereas the usual breadth of the 

 Delaware is about three times as great. 



The Honesdale sandstone group is found on the highest 

 summits, about 1500' A. T. One of these localities is in the 

 northwestern corner of the township, one mile and a half 



