Any further information and directions for draining the water away should be addressed to Henry P. Lay, Darsaw, Benton Co., Missouri. He will attend to our wishes free of charge. June 8-1878 Left Darsaw at 12:45 P.M. in Ledalia arriving at 6 P.M. June 9-1878 Thursday. Mr. R. A. Blair in his buggy took me to pan-hole bridge to collect Choteau fossils. This locality is on a hill side about eight miles north-east of Ledalia on the banks of Muddy Creek. On the small dun at the base of this hill are exposed a little of Ordovician soph, all the Cretaceous and about