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lake, known as Gowey or Little Pond. On the hill north of the pond and 

 145 feet higher, or over 500 feet above the Susquehanna river at Clinton ville, 

 one and one-half miles to the southeast, are thin sandstones and bluish shales 

 that are unfossiliferous. They belong in the Sherburne formation which caps 

 the high hill between the Hinman Hollow brook and the Susquehanna river. 



XXV A 2 . On the divide to the east of Gowey pond, just at the be- 

 ginning of the descent into the Susquehanna river valley, argillaceous shales 

 with thin layers of blue sandstone show on the highway and in the field. 

 This outcrop is a little more than one mile southwest of Hartwick Seminary, 

 at an altitude of 400 feet above the Susquehanna river, and is typical Hamil- 

 ton, both in its lithologic appearance and its fauna. The following species 

 were collected : 



1. 



Athyris spirifemides (Eaton), Hall. 



(c) 



2. 



Tropkloleptus carinatus (Con.), Hall. 



(c) 



3. 



Chonetes coronata (Con.), Hall. 



(c) 



4. 



Spirifer mucronatus (Con.), Bill. 



(r) 



5. 



Spirifer Tullius, Hall. 



(rr) 



6. 



Amboccelia umbonata (Con.), Hall. 



(rr) 



7. 



Chonetes seitula, Hall. 



(rr) 



8. 



Ortliis Vanuxemi, Hall. 



(rr) 



9. 



(?) Crania, sp. 



(it) 



10. 



Modioniorpha concentriea (Con.), Hall. 



(IT) 



11. 



Chonetes lepida, Hall. 



w 



12. 



Cypricardinia indenta (Con.), Hall. 



(IT) 



13. 



Nucida bellistriata (Con.), Hall. 



(c) 



14. 



Leda diver sa, Hall. 



(rr) 



15. 



Scluzodus appressus (Con.), Hall. 



(rr) 



SECTION OF HILL NORTH AND EAST OF OOWEY I'OXD. 



510' 





A 3 . Sherhurne. 





110' 





4<»o' 





A 2 . Hamilton. 





400' 



Mostly covered. 



0' 





Level of Susquehanna river at Clintonville. 



