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A cold frosty morning. My eye is somewhat better but by no means well. Quite warm soon after reaching the bluffs where we worked yesterday. The base of the bluffs at water’s edge and for some distance (perhaps 50 ft. or more)is of black shales much like the Pierre at. Saw no fossils in it. Above it passes gradually into yellow sandy shales and sandstones (very friable). In the black shales 25  ft below the yellow we found  but none above. In the yellow sandstone found, but not in the black shale except at the very top. , and  common to both horizons. Have not seen what Dodds has. Started up stream at 11 a.m. After lunching and