andward on the by Laramie plains and the Big and Little Laramie rvs to a place called St James or 7 mile lake. Prof Knight laps behind and no one knows the strong place and finally we go into camp without him. After another scramble and a wait for something to eat he turns up. He came about 18 to 30 miles over a rolling and generally open country. The country in a desolate one, no station and probably a house very 5 miles. The plain in a sparingly grassed one, with cactus and here and there spring holes. At the place 7 miles from Laramie there was a ruin of quite an extent of country. The heat during the day was great and heat waves very noticeable accompanied with considerable mirage effects. At the lake level one of the party collected Fort Pierre fossils and I collected an Inoceramus from the top of the hills vain