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[[insertion]] Cut 177 [[/insertion]]
On slope facing E. along Long Branch, drift shows well up. Yellow loess above

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[[underlined]] Sep. 1 - 1913 [[/underlined]] - Mon.

Shaser's kitchen 1554 [[insertion]] [[strikethrough]] Made [[/strikethrough]] Drift in cut 172 runs up to 1565 [[checkmark]] top of hill = 1588 (?) River bottom in sec. 2 = 1442 
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Trip to Defiance
[[Botna?]] - 1438 - C. NW depot
1440 - C.Gr.W. " [[Ditto for: depot]]
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[[underlined]] Sep. 1 1913 [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Cut. 178 [[/underlined]] flows N. It shows both gray & yellow loess.
Cut 179. is in row on low ridge & shows [[strikethrough]] practically [[/strikethrough]] only drift.
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[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 180 [[/underlined]] Faces E. high hill [[/insertion]] The loess over hill a W. cor between sec. 2 & 11 seems to be quite thick, - 4 to 6 feet are exposed, but the hill is [[?]] all the way down. [[insertion]] Top of road= 1539 Hill rises 20 ft more [[/insertion]]
[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 181 [[/underlined]] Faces W. [[insertion]] T he part facing W. is similar.
[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 182 [[/underlined]] Shows yellow loess on slope facing N. Here covers all else. [[/insertion]] On W. side, along road on W.
[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 183 [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] side of sec. 3. The yellow loess similarly thick [[insertion]] on all the hills & show in sections. Faces S. yellow loess only. [[/insertion]]
[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 184 [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] E. of middle of line between 4 & 9, 81-38, a lower bank shows drift.
[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Cut 185 [[/underlined]] Shows yellow loess. [[/insertion]] 
At school house E. the loess is still thick
[[insertion]] Cut [[underlined]] 185 [[/underlined]] (a) faces W. & shows yellow loess. [[/insertion]]
Top of hill at 1570 has scrub oaks & another patch west 
The slope E. shows heavy yellow loess all the way down. [[insertion]] (=185). [[/insertion]]
 

Transcription Notes:
Sep. 1 1913 notes on first page appear to be an insertion into the text on second page so I'm aiming to transcribe that there. -@siobhanleachman