gray south to mason Record of the river valley we saw the next lowa thin ?li bedded at shale=Hyper Cambrian and finds the hard sticky ^ and argillaceous. further SE. sandstone. Then came red granite and finally schist. In place near to N.[?] Mason saw sticky sandstone and finally that the town is built on sticky sandstone. The state map is all wrong in this matter. From Mason to Austin it is 120 miles. Left Mason 2:30 P.M. Ten miles S. of Mason we are again in hard sticky = Hyper C. mostly gneiss and schist. At 13 mile S. once sticky, bare sticky at 16 and SE. Between schist and greens. The schist and greens continues to 25 miles S of Mason where the Comanchian rests directly on these ancient complexes. Left to Fredericksburg in due time. Thirteen miles east of Fred. in the Pedernales river bottom saw the Ellenstrugen exposed. It continues exposed far to the NE of Houston City. See State Map. Comanchian overlies it. Left to the hotel at Austin at 7:30 P.M. Great crowd here; tomorrow the state Legislature meets.