VIII CONTEI^TS. 



Part II— Continued. 



Chapter V.~The Carboniferous strata— Continued. Pago. 



Extension of the Coal Measures north and east of Taunton 187 



Dedham quadrangle 187 



Mansfield area, w, 188 



Flora of Mansfield section 191 



Bndgewater area - 192 



Abington quadraiigle 193 



Taunton quadrangle 195 



Eedbeds - 195 



Outcrops m Norton 195 



Winn econnet ledges 196 



Scolithus beds 197 



Taunton waterworks section 198 



Westville section 199 



Taunton Eiver Valley 200 



Middleboro quadrangle - 200 



Chapter VI. — Organic geology 202 



Insect fauna 202 



Stratigraphic position of the fauna , 203 



Odontopter is flora 203 



List of plants identified by Lesquereus.. , 204 



Coalbeds 205 



Search for coal 207 



Thickness of the Carboniferous — - 208 



Acknowledgments - 211 



Appendix, — Bibliography of the Cambrian and Carboniferous rocks of the Narragansett Basin. 212 



Part IIL— GtEOLogy of the Carboniferous strata of the southwestern portion or 

 THE Narragansett Basin, with an account of the Cambrian deposits, by 

 Aug. F. Foerste. 



Chapter!. — Introduction 223 



Difficulties of the field - 223 



Arrangement of report 225 



Chapter IL— The western islands of the bay 227 



Dutch Island 227 



Conanicut Island 228 



Fox Hill, Beaver Head 228 



Northern half of the island, north of Eound Swamp 229 



Southern half of the island; south of Eound Swamp 232 



Shale region 232 



Granite area, the Dumplings, and the arkose region west of the Dumplings 233 



Hope Island , 235 



Prudence Island , 237 



Chapter IIL— The western shore of the bay 242 



From SaunderstowatoNarragansett Pier 242 



Along the shore 242 



West of the cove and Pattaquamscott Eiver 246 



From Saund^rstown to Wickford 248 



From Wickford to East Greenwich 251 



Western botder of the Carboniferous basm, from East Greenwich to Natick and northward 



into Craaiston 252 



Rocks east of the western border of the Carboniferous area in Warwick and southern Cranston . 256 



Warwick Keck - - v- ,. 258 



Chapter IV, — The northern shoreof the bay ^ 259 



Providence Eiver and eastward 259 



Rnmstick Keck , 260 



