"The road then flattens out and we see nothing to de- termine until we came to the many portion of the Massanutten. The Out, and then crosses the creek and we see the strata [Little Fort Valley] dip the other way, i.e. east. & the very marious really are we on the varigated hills (red an green) of the Rockwood. [29832] Then across the last portion of this mounn valley when we again come upon the Rockwood. The rise then is long and gentle to the top of the ridge when the Massanutten outcrops and we have a view of the broad ad beautiful gravel ruddy of the Shenandoah. The red Rockwood just above the Massanutten gives one the impression of continental deposits in their marrone red color, peculiar mithering, absence of joints and the unmistakable presence of sem-cracked surfaces. We saw large outcrock faces with these crecks are a great probably not less than 10 feet thick. The lowest hills are sandstone followed by red shales. In the Massanutten near the top one sees occasionally layers of inches thick and rather large boring-James' dolithus. But we saw no Arthur plgeous. In looking back over Fort Valley one sees the good skyline with the Massanutten ridges to the south ad north. Between lie are the strata from the Rockwood up to probably the base of the other co