Sept 16. Started 6 A.M. Travelled about 10 miles. Halted from 9 to noon. Travelled on to creek 131/2 m. from Woody Mt.

Geol. Edge of Lig. Tertiary must be on the road about 19. m. W. of Woody Mt. Where it rises into a plateau which however is not so high as the highest plateau level to the S.

The road then runs on the S. side of the main creek, crossing many lateral branches of it, & dipping down into coulés below the plateau level each time.

The main creek mentioned runs about WNW & meets the creek which is crossed by the road 34 m. W. of Woody Mt, N of the road. Then both appear to trend away N. Westward.

Census of drift pebbles. 25. m. W of Woody Mt.

Lau Granite gneiss &c of prevalent reddish & greyish colours 71
Lau? [Dawson's ?] Quartz 6
Hornblend rock & diorite 4
Chert 5
Sil. Limestone (whitish & yellowish) 81
ìSiliceous pebblesî compact & saccheroidal brownish & yellowish,
Some whitish & some reddish & purplish 59
Partly Huronian Blackish & greyish altered rocks 17

In many localities near here silicious pebbles appear to preponderate much more, & limestone & granite &c to be proportionately reduced. Sudden increase of limestone boulders in this district, however, remarkable.