DRIFT DIVISION. 
203 
No. of 
examples. 
Name of ob- 
Kind of rock 
smoothed and 
scratched. 
County in which 
the locality was 
Direction of the 
scratches. 
Reference to 
woiks in which 
the observations 
LOCALITIES. 
Remarks. 
Grey grit of 
Ulster. 
N and S to 
m. ix, p. 12. 
Over all the west and north sides of the hills and moun¬ 
say 100 
the Hudson 
N20OW 
tains between Dashville on the Walkill and Esopus 
slate 
on the Hudson, five hundred to one thousand feet 
above the Hudson. Scratched boulders were also 
1 
do . 
Black slaty 
do . 
Not noted ... 
m. is, p. 59. 
S6@U* 
In the valley of the outlet of a pond, half a mile south¬ 
limestone 
east of Clark’s white lead factory. 
Several, 
do . 
do 
do . 
do .... 
m. ix, p. 47. 
Between Kingston and Rosendale. 
say 8 
Many, 
do . 
Slate and grits 
do . 
N20»E toN 
m. is, p. 54. 
Between Kingston and the flag-stone quarries west on 
say 40 
of the Cats- 
30° E 
the mountain, and thence by Woodstock, and down 
kill division 
the valley of the Saghkill to Kingston. 
1- 
Eights. 
Slate, H D* . 
do . 
Zodiac, i, p. 
On greywacke in a quarry in the village of Ulster. 
112 
Rocks worn smooth, as if by rapid currents, withjpof- 
1 
Thompson .. 
Grey grit rock 
Greene. 
NandS .... 
AJt23,p.247 
At Coxsackie, in a well. 
1 
Mather. 
do CD 
do 
N 40° E and 
m. is, p. 170. 
Five miles from Durham on the road to Catskill. 
Double set. 
1 
do . 
do CD 
do .... 
NTOo W and 
do 
Two miles east of Durham. 
do 
west 
Many, 
do . 
Grey grit C D 
do .... 
Not noted, but 
m. ix, p. 177. 
Head of Mitchill’s valley, on the road from Prink-street 
say 10 
probably NE 
to Windham, one thousand two hundred to two thou¬ 
and SW 
sand feet above tide water. 
Many, 
do . 
Grey grit and 
do .... 
Not noted ... 
m. X, p. 
Near the Mountain House on the Catskill mountain, 
say 30 
red grit C D 
and within two miles on the road to Catskill. 
1 
do . 
Grey grit C D 
do .... 
N70°W } 
do 
At the fork of the roads a quarter of a mile from the 
do 
S 70° W i 
Mountain House, at a gap of the mountain. 
1 
do . 
do CD 
do .... 
N 45° E ) 
do 
On the road from the Mountain House, half a mile 
do 
N 15° E { 
towards Catskill. 
1 
do . 
do CD 
do .... 
N 35° E ) 
do 
On the same road, one and a half miles towards Cats¬ 
do 
N5° E ( 
kill. 
1 
do . 
do CD 
do .... 
N17°E .... 
do 
On the same road, a mile and three quarters towards 
Catskill. 
1 
do . 
do CD 
do .... 
N 30° E ) 
do 
On the first terrace west of the valley of the Kiskata- 
do 
N 10° E S 
mine creek, a quarter of a mile west of the church at 
the base of the mountain. 
1 
do . 
do CD 
do .... 
N15°E .... 
do 
On the rocks by the first house east of Kiskatamine 
creek, where a large surface is ground off smooth. 
and more or less scratched. 
1 
do . 
do CD 
do .«•• 
N 45° E .... 
West-Durham meeting-house and the gap towards 
Gilboa, at least fifteen hundred feet above the Hud- 
Several, 
do . 
do CD 
do .... 
N 70° to 80° E 
m. ix, p. 160. 
On the road from Prink-street in Durham towards 
do 
say 4 
N40°to60°E 
Catskill, one or two miles. 
Several, 
do . 
do CD 
do .... 
Not noted ... 
m. ix, p. 162. 
Between Pleasant valley and Oak-hill. 
say 8 
do . 
do CD 
do .... 
/In 
say 10 
tain, on the turnpike from Catskill to Gilboa. Seve¬ 
ral boulders were also seen on this road with “ dilu¬ 
vial scratches ” on them, and many others in the val¬ 
ley of Fox creek, between Preston-Hollow village 
and Weeden’s mineral spring, in the edge of Albany 
Several, 
do . 
Red and grey 
Sullivan .... 
N10° to 15° E 
m. ix, p. 223. 
county • 
Between Monticello and Bridgeville. Common over 
say 8 
grits C D 
all the ridges. 
1 
do . 
Grey grit C D 
do .... 
Not noted ... 
m. ix, p. 
On the Newburgh and Ithaca turnpike, a quarter of a 
mile east of the Delaware river. 
Several, 
do . 
Red and grey 
do .... 
NlOoE .... 
m. ix, p. 224. 
Between Monticello and Forrestburgh. All these ele¬ 
say 8 
grit C D 
vated lands, where the rock is recently uncovered of 
soil, show the worn and scratched surfaces. 
* H. D. is for the Hudson slate divisit 
m. 
t A. J. refers to the American Journal of Science. 
