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"Saturday July 16-1910 Forteau, Labrador.
Long before we got up the wind howls and at 7 a rain sets in.
Our hopes for the day are largely blasted.
"At 9.30 we start for the high hill about one mile north and
over of Forteau. The wind howl again here and it was cold and
damp. Outside of Archaeogathiniae little was to be had. We got
several good Archaeogathus profundus and many free finjn
shaped corals. Also Rutrynia cingulata, Paterina labradorica,
We tried to read other localities and after seeing two other
outcrops gave it up trying to force our way through the dense
canifer bush.
"At 2.30 we returned to the village and up the other path back
of Mrs Flinn's house where we had seen the Olenellus before.
Here we got pieces of Olenellus thompsoni?, Ptychurus senectus,
Ptychoparia mizon, Rutrynia cingulata, Whidien bella
and possibly other species. This outcrop comes out of an
artistic grey-blue limestone. These layers are above the
Archaeogathiniae reef (a few A. profundus occur here also).
Finally,
"The top of the Archaeogathiniae reef seen this morning maybe
20 feet above the white heavy bedded sandstone so could account for
are elsewhere below the lower part of the reef. The fact that the
layers from which we got our fossil this morning are about 20 feet
above the reef seen at Glene Durham may explain the large size
of the Archaeogathus and the presence of the brachiopods.
"The Olenellus layers are about 15 feet higher or 65 feet above
the white sandstone.