Oct. 26. Sunday Ardmore - Atoka. Today we are to go via auto to Atoka. Heavy clouds are in the sky just as yesterday but were fortunately there would be no rain. We are off at 9 A.M. As we go along we remain on the Cretaceous for most of the trip. Ardmore is also on the Cretaceous and for a long distance we are on the basal sandy- encriformative beds. The land is usually frusted by oaks, the farms are poor, and the country is in- solitary in the main by 'poor white trash'. One is struck by the poverty of the people and the misery displayed on the faces of the women. The latter are hardened by a series of very young children. Many a moving family who live in wagons as they go, did we see during the forenoon. Lately as we get higher in the Cret, in the Edwards limestone the land and farms become better. Cotton and sugar cane are the staples. The roads are bad throughout. We passed through Macmillan, Oaklawn and Madill where we had lunch at noon. Then through Cumberland, Aylesworth, across on a ferry over Rock River (40 miles south of Ardmore, and 94 to Durant) Ardell and Denark. Through the latter place we