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mass of [illegible] turner
in to the west and south-west. In long descent th[rou]gh them-
To see the Papai and Coconino are the deposits
of a delta with the material coming out of a desert.
The delta is growing to the south into deep and massive
water. We had found marine Penn, at Pine and faith,
South the whole of these strata are marine and morp[hy]li.
The land was to the north and northeast, and the
material is detritus of dry mines since the material
is very fine and [illegible] sorted by wave action. But
occasionally and locally are the sands well sorted.
As the rivers meander over the delta they tore up
the old consolidated material and made the local
cycl[es].
The road from Sedona to the top of the rim is a
very steep one and the last 2 or 3 miles take all the
brim. The bridge can has, finds also go up, but
old men have a very hard time of it.
Once on the Plateau it is all things for pine,
fir, oak and lark trees.
About 8 miles from Flagstaff we again see the
white chert magnesian Kaibab. The timbers are now
high in the Kaibab and nearly one of the forms are small
Tulares, Pleurophorus, Argalina, Edmmelia, and
Babelia. Also saw a large Nautilus frag chambr