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appears immediately above, & gravel. is strewn on slope below. Road on bottom land at foot of hills read 1145 1430 1145 [[line]] 285 The highest hill is at least 20 ft. higher. [[underline]] Cut 14 [[/underline]] is an old slumped sand pit part way up slope just S. of Rock creek There are mounds on all the high points near Tracy's, I saw shells, fragments of bone, flint-chips, & pebbles. Along road S. of Rock creek Kansan appears in banks. Also, in darker soil above, clam shells. At a point 1/8 mi. S. of cut 14 loess & Kansan appear in banks along road (on E. side) thus; [[end page]] [[start page]] 57 [[image-pencil sketch of strata]] [[image captions]] loess 10 ft Kansan [[/image captions]] The bluffs on the N. side of the Broken Kettle cr. valley are more abrupt & cat-steppy while those on S.E side are rounder, & scarcely show cat-steps. Barometer read 1170 on bottom near mouth of Broken Kettle creek. [[line]] [[underline]] Cut 15 [[/underline]] Road 1225 Top of sand in pit 1295. This shows 4-5 ft. of typical jointed, bluish calcareous Kansan, with pebbles & sand boulders. A sharp line, oxidized, separates the two. The sand is slightly brownish, crossbedded, & part coarser