the mountains. Mr Furey? & US Commissioner at one camp. Also found Dr. Coues. Mr Gregory has his observing Station some miles down the lake on the line. To attain the point he has had to construct a raft & ferry his apparatus down. The mountain sides being impassible. Afternoon Boswell & Burpee arrived. Went with them to see a beautiful little waterfall. Found it falling over quite a new series of rocks which hope to examine more fully tomorrow. One of US people caught a salmon trout in the lake today weighing 18 pounds.

Scenery wonderful the lake running away S among magnificent mountains.

Camp Belly R. 8 A.M.
B. 25.01
T. 63" Calm. partly cloudy.
Camp Waterton Lake 1.30 P.M.
B. 25.10
T. 74" NNE partly cloudy.
8. P.M. B. 25.15
T. 57" calm cloudy,

Geol. Drift Lignite is found in the banks of the Belly R near our camp left this morning (see specimens) It quite resembles tertiary lignite & as all the drift material appears to be from the mountains indicate presence of lignite beds not far off. Probably in the valley of the R. itself. A little fold of tertiary included.

The bank of the R shows genuine light brown coloured stiff boulder clay with glaciated stones


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