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PAPER No. i 



ON THE OLDER PARIAN FORMA TION A T POINT A 

 PIERRE TRINIDAD 



Paper read before the Geologists' Association (London), 

 June 6, 1862, and published on pp. 267-270 of its Proceedings, 

 vol. 1 (volume dated 1865). Published also with slight modifi- 

 cations in The Geologist, 1863, pp. 204-207 under the title : On 

 the older Parian Formation of Trinidad. 



The earlier text, that of the Proceedings of the Geologists' 

 Association is followed in the reprint given below. 



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The Government Geologists, when in Trinidad, gave the name of 

 Older Parian to a series of sandstones and shales extending across 

 the island from east to west, and occupying an extent of about 97 

 square miles. This formation is only exposed for a short distance 



