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Sep. 28-1924 Sunday
Left Barre, VT at 9 A.M! The light gray
granite here is of Post-Ordovician age since
it cuts known Ordovician strata.
At 2 miles S.E. of Barre are std. to look at
the high metamorphosed slates that have furnished
Richards on peptolites. It is favored material
or common in slates.
At about 3 miles S.E. of Barre we see one of the
thicker piles of boulder clay anywhere, it is at least
100 feet thick down to the streambed.
Keith tells me that the area of the Green and
White Mts is a thrice elevated foreplain, uplifted
during the Cengric.
Our route yesterday was up of the Drimoorsti
and today down the Pratt River. Came out
into the Connecticut Valley north of Fairlee where
we had lunch. Crossed over the Connecticut at
Hammon G. Hampshire. Then things Hemmiller
At 5:30 we left Prindle's white summer home at
Petersboro, and thence into Greenfield where Dan
staying with the Keiths.