Field Notebook: Newfoundland 1910a
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"Today this stay was for four walks and one at once an Art crawling the rocks to the east of Davis' house for Cambrio fossils. Finally he left on a prominent vessel with five large cases of fossils. Davis brought out Billings' Paleontic Fossils that Richardsman had written to share the fossils described from "Anse au Loup" In the first paper in the volume and is dated Nov. 1861. Evidently these descriptions are based upon the first collections made initially by Logan in 1858-1861. Davis has three cans, rather small, and we saw a horse. All feeding on the grass which was more abundant here than elsewhere. Thursday July 21. Anse au Loup. A dark, cold, windy morning with good prospects for rain. He started out at 7:10 for the cliffs of the Cambrio limestone to the west of Point Amour Light house near Mr. Davis house. Arrived there before nine (about 5 miles walk) and soon it began to rain. He collected until 2 P.M., getting at least a dozen Olenellus heads. Frogem and shelling and partially over are started back to the schooner where we arrived at 4 P.M. next to the edin