The beds as exposed here are about 130 feet thick though they attain a far greater altitude above sea level, this is due to the overturn dip. The upper horizon is a sandstone about 250 feet thick. Below then the beds are alternating sandstone and shale chiefly the latter. A few plants were collected by me probably 300 feet below the sandstone while the great ones put came for a horizon about 700 feet below the sediments. Aug 28-97. Saturday. Patort: Got up at 4 A.M. and after breakfast loaded the boats and moved camp for the last time. The next move of ice will be on the steamer "Hope". At 5:30 we pushed away from Patort under the most favorable weather conditions, while it froze hard last night yet in the sun and no wind all day the temperature was beneath. The water was as calm as could be and reflected perfectly the outline of the land and those ice caps. At 70:30 we arrived at Atanes Gulch and was escorted