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local variations these beds may be traced eastward as far as the 
western edge of Montgomery County. 
No. 5 is the uppermost member of the Fayette sands and appears 
to have the same characteristics wherever found. It, therefore, is a 
good guide across the country separating the underlying Fayette sands, 
clays, and sandstones from the overlying Frio clays. 
Surface sections showing the relations of the beds are few. A sec- 
tion at Buchel's dam on the Guadalupe River, in Dewitt County, is as 
follows : 
Section at BucheVs dam on Guadalupe River. 
Feet. 
1. Gray sandy soil 1 
2. Black subsoil 2 
3. White gravel £ to 1 
4. Hard, brown sandstone 4 
5. Thin beds of sandstone with clay partings to water 8 
Four miles farther down the river the soft, white, calcareous sand- 
stones of No. 5 of this section outcrop, and form the capping of the 
second bottom lands, being here directly overlain by brown sands and 
brown gravel. 
Throughout the eastern portion of Dewitt County the ridge shows 
the same general structure, with the exception that in the Chicoleet 
country and eastward in the neighborhood of Perryville the brown 
and red sands and gravels are in great measure replaced by beds of 
light-colored (almost white) gravel and beds of heavy, white, calca- 
reous conglomerate. 
On Irish Creek, on the A. Biddy league," a section is as follows: 
Section on Irish Creek. 
Feet. 
1. Black soil 4 
2. Soft white limestone or calcareous sandstone 12-15 
3. Joint clay 25 
4. Sandstone and gravel with water in gravel 6 
Still farther east, on the North Chicoleet, the following section is 
shown : 
Section on the North Chicoleet. 
Feet. 
1. Gray soil _•_ 1 to 3 
2. Gray gravel 2 
3. Coarse gray sandstone 1 
The gray conglomerate appears throughout this region in associa- 
tion with the gray gravels; in fact, the one appears to be comple- 
mentary to the other. 
Lying along the southern side of the ridge are more or less distinct 
deposits of brown and gray sandstones. These appear broken or in 
a The league is still used in Texas for lands surveyed during Mexican possession. It contains 
4,428.4 acres. 
