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August 21, 1888.
My discoveries today modify, very decidedly, the views held by Geologists, relative to this Group of rocks.
First, it shows very vividly, by its [[flexises?]], the unevenness of the sea bottom, on which it was formed. Variations of fifty feet are within sight of the Chase graves. The Genessic Shale has been cut into many low knobs, the limestone, of course, lying under them, nearly to the top of some.
Second, the fossils are peculiar. Zaphrentoids, Favositoids, Grinoids, and the like, are most prominent.

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'flexises?' may also be 'flexures'