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limestone, or by unconsolidated gravels, etc. In road cuts no allowance is ever made for slides, either in the width of the cut or in the angle of slope of the sides. Very many of the cuts appear to be held up chiefly by the vegetation.
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This morning rode up to Stoney Hill, down along the ridge top to Bog Walk, then to Spanish Town, and home. Stopped to sift at 
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About 4 miles west of Stoney Hill on road to Bog Walk. A narrow damp ravine in the banana walks.
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Tried sifting dead leaves but total catch was one small Carabid and two weevils.
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The country is all in bananas. At the Station 10 the rock appears to be sandstone, at least it is very granular and weathers into coarse sand. Below Bog Walk is all limestone, very discolored and full of cavities and large caves. The rather large river has cut a rather steep canyon, tho the rock seems to rotten to stand. Only faint evidences of stratification occur. There are bands of a harder, more crystalline rock in the limestone.
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So far I have taken [[strikethrough]] five [[/strikethrough]] seven rock samples from road cuts. No. 1 was from the locality of photograph #6. No. 2 was from the same place but not in place. No. 3 was from the roadside near Station 9, and No. 4 the same. No. 5 was from Station 10. No. 6 and No. 7 from a cut near Bog Walk. The No. 1 was from the Oligocene White Limestone Series, as were also No. 3 and No. 4, and No. 6 and No. 7. No. 2 is of course unknown. No. 5 appears to be in the White Limestone area also. This is doubtful. During the drive I passed through areas said to be formed of igneous rocks and carbonaceous shale. The fact that I noticed neither shows how well covered even the road cuts are. The limestone is everywhere used for roads. It is broken up by the natives and sold to the road builders. Even the smallest roads have been gravelled and unless kept up are quick to become quite rough. Station 10 is overlooking the Rio Pedro which joins the Rio Cobre at Bog Walk. From here down the Rio Cobre is quite large until a considerable amount of water is withdraw in canals and ditches.
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The afternoon has been spent putting away specimens, writing notes and letters, straightening accounts, etc.

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