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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