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Tully, Onondaga Co., N.Y.,-
[[strikethrough]] Friday, [[/strikethrough]]
Thursday, September 13, 1888 -
Packed specimens in a.m.
Afternoon, I visited again the falls, in the Chase Woods.
I determine the following:
1- From Tioughnioga to the
   foot of the falls-      62 ft
2- Fall in Hamilton Shale. 15
3- Tully Limestone         57
4- Calciferous Argillite    6
This Calciferous ^ [[inserted]] Argillite [[/inserted]] is entirely different from the Genessee Shale - Argillite.
It maintains its form and size after the lixiviation of the Calcareous element and it splits in slabs 1 to 2 inches
in thickness - very firm.
Genessee Argillite splits into flakes very small and light.
The Calciferous Argillite has a very dark blue color: Genessee