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...afternoon will be devoted to the study of the Bernardston series of Upper Devonian metamorphic rocks, and the contact of the Triassic sandstone, where it rests unconformable on the older rocks. The region is one of the most interesting, geologically, in New England, and we are especially privileged in having the opportunity to go with Professor Emerson as leader of the party, he having devoted many years to the study and geological mapping of the central portion of the state...
August 1st to 9th, at or near Catskill, in charge of Professor Davis. This week will be given to the examination of the Silurian and Devonian formations exposed in the foothills of the Catskill mountains, with collection of the characteristic fossils, study of structure in its relation to topography, and construction of geological maps and sections. A day or more may be given to the ascent of the Catskill mountain front, returning by the Kaaterskill clove...