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far as I recall, away from the coast. I wish I were geologist enough to know what these very rough rocks are. [[insertion, written in blue pencil]] see book 20-10334 [[/insertion]] there are quantities of chunks of quartz. The ridge from here, from my window, seems to be stratified, at least it is in layers [[image: drawing of layered ridge]] I couldn't find any that seemed to me limestone. I succeeded in breaking a piece to get a fresh surface, and it seemed to be crystalized. Some of it is weathered like the limestone hills in Porto Rico. Some is sandstone for there is a good deal of sand, the soil (what there is of it) being sand and (quartz ?) gravel and clay, the latter [[insertion]] in [[/insertion]] some places about.
   Saturday morning I climbed to the summit - a cross is on the highest point, and had a glorious day along the broad summit of the ridge. My numbers run from 10327 to 10369, but include [[margin, blue pencil]] X [[/margin]] several [[underline, blue pencil]] Eriocaulaceae [[/underline]], taken for Dr. Saunders (you told her I would) with corresponding specimens for US Nat Herb. I still feel sore when I think of Standley's chucking away the lovely lot of Eriocaulaceae I got before and all the others, except the ferns, Passifloras