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PAPER No. I 
0 /V THE OLDER PAR/AN FORMATION AT POINT A 
PIERRE TRINIDAD 
Paper read before the Geologists’ Association (London), 
June 6, 1862, and published on pp. 267-270 of its Proceedings, 
vol. I (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 occup3-ing an extent of about 97 
square miles. This formation is only exposed for a short distance 
