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.RERORT.GENERALREMARKS.That part of New 5ersey which, in the Geological Survey,is assigned to the southern division, includes all that portionof the State lying south of a line:drawn from Staten IslandSound, near Elizabetllport, to the Delaware River, a little belowTrenton. The line follows the southeastern border of thered shalesand sandstones which 'stretch across the central part0fthe State. Its general direction is straight, and its bearing'•a little west of southwest. The extreme length of the districtis 0ne hundred and ten miles; and its greatest breadth aboutseventy-five miles. Its area is estimated at not far from threethousand four hundred square miles.In it._physical geography, it is remarkable for its lack ofhills, its sandy soil, its extensive pine woods, and for the almostentire absence of rocks.The Nevislnk Hills are three hundred and ten feet high, _and a chain of hills of a somewhat less elevation extends fromthem in a westerly direction to Freehold. South of these thecountry seldom rises more than sixty feet above the level ofthesea..A belt of clayey or loamy soil, several miles in width, extendsacross the northern border of the district, and down theDelaware River to the bay; and streaks of clayey soil aregenerally found on one or the other of the banks of the streamsSee Gordon% Gazeteer, p. 1.NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY