Got away finally about 8 A.M. & made about 10 a. m. to lunching place at a creek. Day beautifully fine, the poplars of Woody Mt as yet showing no sign of autumn, though the undergrowth beginning to assume rich shades.
Some flocks of geese passing this afternoon & probably indicating cold weather to the north.
Geol &c. Woody Mt. properly so called is a notch or hollow in the Northern edge of the high level Lignite Tertiary plateau, from which a stream somewhat larger than usual, rises & flows Northwards. The wood is in the coulÈ bottoms & flat ground surrounding the stream & consists almost entirely of poplar. The Northern slopes of coulÈs & hillsides are also frequently wooded but generally with timber of smaller growth. The streams in the vicinity all centre in a lake a few miles Northwards & over ten miles in length, which is slightly saline & appears to be completely landlocked.
The undulating hills & systems of coulés & ridges produced by the degradation of the Upland plateau, extend, I am told about 6 m. N. of the mountain when level dry prairie is reached. Here also the Lignite Tertiary probably ends & the sombre clays resume.
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