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Wea. SAT. JAN. 30, 1909 Ther.
September 10—1926 Wednesday.
Got by telephone to telephone for me to Mr. G. R. Chisholme to see about Dr. G. Buce. I then found out that he is at Prestwick, and we will telephone him there.
Bell met me at 9 A.M., and soon we were started in the Arisaig coast, to see the section of the Cant. most of the Lillura are. It is about 80 miles N.E. of New Glasgow.
Started down (the area) work in the red Knoxdale formation. In all probability all of it is terminal Lilluran, and not at all Cretaceous because that the Leam did not see an inter- [illegible] between the Stinchfield and the Knoxdale, but one or I think the evidence is too far to regard it as closing Lil.
The Knoxdale is a stiff colored friable red shale and muddy sandstone series with distinctive bands of caliche. The area continues down the stream on the road and near the mouth of the brook in the stream bed is a limited