Part I. Report of progress in 1869, by J. S. Newberry, chief geologist. Part II. Report of progress in the second district, by E. B. Andrews, assist. geologist. Part III. Report on geology of Montgomery County, by Edward Orton, assist. geologist.

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capax, and fish remains. There are also great numbers of a minute fossil
form, resembling the dental arrangements of gasteropods. In the "city
ledge" layer, a single indistinct form of a cyathophylloid coral was obtained. In the clay shale directly above the "city ledge," a fragment of
a very indistinct form of goniatites was found. As this is probably the
horizon from which Dr. Hildreth's specimens came-which were described
by Dr. Morton-I searched the shales carefully, but found nothing but a
mere fragment. Dr. Hildreth's goniatites came from a shaft, at Munn's
run, above Portsmouth, sunk to the Waverly black slate, in expectation
of finding it coal. One hundred and twenty-seven feet above the "city
ledge" is a sandstone rich in fossils. About 114 feet above this is another stratum of sand rock covered with iron ore, also rich in fossils.
This stratum was not found in place, but the fragments were found near
the top of Mr. Flagg's hill, near Buena Vista, and the place of the
stratum proximately estimated. Fossils were formed in large iron stone
concretions in a sandstone near the mouth of the Little Scioto, at Sciotoville, above Portsmouth. The collections of the Survey have not yet
been studied. In a private collection made by myself some years since
at Rockville (in the first fossiliferous sand rock stratum above the " city
ledge"), and at Sciotoville, Prof. A. Winchell, of Michigan, has identified
the following forms:
Rockville.-Fenestrella, sp?; Producta semi-reticulata, Flem.; P. arcuata, Hall; Chonetes geniculata? White; C. Illinoisensis, Worthen;
Heinipronites umbraculum, Sch.; Orthis Michellini, Lev.; Spirifera carteri, Hall; S. biplicata? Hall; Spiriferina solidirostris, White; Pleurotomaria vadosa, Hall; Nautilus trisulcatus, M. and W.; Phillipsia Doris,
Hall, sp.; Cythere crassi-marginata, Win.
Sciotoville.-Zaphrentis ida? Win.; Trematopora? vesiculosa, Win.;
Trematopora? Sciotoensis, n. s., Win.; Crinoid stems, 2 species; Fenestrella sp?; Producta semireticulata, Fler.; P. morbilliana, Win.; P.
Cooperensis? Swallow; P. concentrica, Hall; P. gracilis, Win.; Hemi.
pronites umbraculum, Sch.; Orthis sub eliptica? M. and W.; Spirifera
Carteri, Hall; S. Marionensis, Shumard; S. subrotundata, Hall; Spiriferina solidirostris, White; Syringothyris typa, Win.; Spirigera Hannibaleiisis, Swallow; S. Ohioensis, Win.; Rhynconella Sageriana, Win.;
R. Missouriensis, Shumard; Centronella? flora, n.'s., Win.; Aviculapecten caroli, Win.; Perno-pecten lineatus? Win.; Sanguinolites Marshallensis, Win.; Sanguinolaria, sp?; Pleurotomaria vadosa, Hall; Murchisonia prolixa, M. and W.; M. quadricincta, Win.; Conularia Newberryi, Win.; Orthoceras Indianense, Hall.
SOIL OF THE WAVERLY HILLS NEAR THE OHIO RIVER.
Hon. W. J. Flagg, who owns a large estate in these Waverly hills, and
who has devoted much time and thought to fruit culture, as well as to