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ing a section across the Stock-Pintga, where the fold has 
preserved a small outlier of either Lias or Brown Jura. 
The sections (Figs. 130 to 135) really enable one 
to form a clearer conception of the country than even 
a long description, and give a general idea of this 
interesting district. 
The root, so to say, of the north fold c,xtends 
from Fluelen by the Linththal to near Glarus, and 
Fig. 132. — Section of the Stock-PIntga from Val Rusein. d, 13rown 
J ura or Lias ; e, Triassic Dolomite ; Carboniferous strata. 
thence towards Sargans: and the southern border of 
the northern fold runs in a slightly curved line say 
from the Todi, by Elm, and the Foopass, south of 
the Graue Horner, and across the Tamina to the 
Rhine valley some distance below Chur. 
The root of the south fold on the west appears 
first at Panix, and follows approximately the valley 
of the Rhine from near Truns to Chur, concealed, 
however, by immense deposits of gravel, etc. Beyond 
Chur it cannot be traced. The north border of the 
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