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[[vertical line in left margin of page]] Went N. from Highlow Grove & W. [[line indicating insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 125 [[/underlined]] - A little drift at base - 4 or 5 ft. of yellow loess. [[underlined]] Cut 126 [[/underlined]] - shows yellow loess [[underlined]] Cut 127 [[/underlined]] yellow loess - 4 or 5 ft. - nodules. [[/insertion]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 128 [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] On N. line of line on sec. 10 - the hill to river [[flows?]] W. It shows yellow loess at top & on slope loose sand; then still lower a rusty compacted sand & gravel. This is very rusty. Below it a gray heavy drift extends down towards base. Stopped at Brown's Restaurant at Kirkman & fed at Livery barn. 1318 - Depart C. Gr. W. - at Kirkman (C. & Wo. a little lower) Took lunch at Brown's Restaurant (35 cts each) & fed horse at livery = 25 cents. [[line indicating insertion]] 128(a) Drift. Gray below, with iron tubes, and some nodules. Shows in [[?]]. Yellow loess on top. [[/insertion]] Drove south and then west to opposite N. end of Bowman's grove. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[vertical line in left margin of page]] [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 129 [[/underlined]] - Faces west, yellow loess. [[/insertion]] Above Bowman's Grove there is almost no timber. [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 130 [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] A great, deep gully in SW cor. of sec. 29-80-37. shows a [[below?]] gray heavy muck at base, & water seeps out above - (7-8 ft above) - Dark etc boulders are scattered along bottom of gully. This must be 40 or more feet deep. Heavily timbered. Streams NW cor. of 32-80-37. [[strikethrough]] Saw black cherry, Rhamnus, Green ash, Ulmus fulva, pignut, [[Laurel?]], Hazel, plum, box elder, Walnut, bur oak, [[M?]] [[ap?]], [[Guirlax?]] [[?]], Crataegus mollis, [[?]] Hackberry, [[Ratis?]] grande [[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 131 [[/underlined]] - Much drift on steep slope, little yellow loess [[underlined]] Cut 132 [[/underlined]] - In cellar of wrecked church. Red sandy muck showed in fresh excavation. Sandy. [[underlined]] Cut 133 [[/underlined]] - Faces N. On steep hill. Lower half drift. Top = yellow loess. [[underlined]] Cut 134 [[/underlined]] - Faces N. Similar to 133. [[underlined]] Cut 135 [[/underlined]] - Low ridge from S. Almost all drift. [[/insertion]]
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