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them. They informed me that Dr. Wolff & Menzel were coming to see Bayer's sections about the 15th of August.
Left at 3:14 P.M. for Krems, where I changed to a Vienna train. A slow, slow, train. On way took photos:
[[underlined]] Photo 23 x [[/underlined]]- Hills across the Danube, heavily timbered with conifers, opposite Weissenkirchen 1/o Wachan.
- At Stein - Matera there is a large castle across the Danube, - somewhat distant. [[underlined]] Photo 24 x spoiled [[/underlined]].
[[underlined]] Photo 8 [[/underlined]] Terraced hills with grapes at Stein - Mautern.
[[underlined]] Photo 7 [[/underlined]] - Terraced loess hills at Rohrensdorf.
A better station for loess is Gedersdorf. It shows terraces best.

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We crossed the Danube near Tulln. The water is yellowish, and rolls like that of the Missouri. At Greifenstein (?) there is some loess up on rocky ledges. 
Below that it seems to be thin all the way down the slopes. There is also loess at Höflein a.d. Donan.
At Kritzendorf there are rock ledges with loess (?). Not very good!
Filter rocks appear in ledges in bluffs below this point. The best loess banks seem to be at Heiligenstadt.
In the evening [[overwritten]] the [[/overwritten]] Dr. Shohan called and we spent a good natured, chatty evening.