The Upland plateau S. of Woody Mt though probably on the same level?? [Dawson's ?] as the plateau of Tertiary further S. & E. along the line, does not seem to show beds of the same age precisely. The beds near Woody Mt & along the Traders Rd. show few & poor lignites, & though composed of similar sands & sandy clays to those along the line are if anything less coherent & softer. Ironstones do not frequently occur. The beds do not appear to resemble closely those at the bottom of the tertiary seen in the Bad lands to the S. They therefore probably represent either the impoverished Northern edge of the ligniteferous beds seen last year near the line, or beds higher in the Series than them & overlying the productive beds of Porcupine creek district.

? [Dawson's ?] Does the height of the Woody Mt. Plateau taken with the horizontality of the beds, agree with the supposition that the strata there seen represent those forming the high watershed plateau seen N. of the line & not visited last year.

Drift. The great abundance of limestone & Laurentian pebbles in some parts of this district & their comparative absence in other places & replacement by ìQuartzite driftî seems at first perplexing but the general law seems to be as follows.
On the summit of the Upland Plateau already referred to the drift covering never appears to be thick & consists often of a mere layer of shingle overlying the Lignite Tertiary. It is composed almost entirely of "Quartzite Drift" with only a slight admittance of Laurentian or limestone pebbles.