not get a large amount of fossils. In the afternoon visited a quarry operated by the government about 2 1/2 miles north of Mrs. Gregor. All it is all in the lower dolomitic limestone and St Peter found no fossils. Illinois Iowa Wednesday Aug 5th '91 Started at 8:20 A.M. in Illinois Iowa via Calmar, arriving there at 1 P.M. Received a card from Scfield stating that he had left for Strangar. Collected this afternoon at an old abandoned quarry in the bluff of the Des Moines River. In quarrying the Lower Tanton limestone which is here very compact.