The fossil stump above referred to is on a hill left by the erosion of the Lake Beds in the southern portion of the Basin, and tradition has it that his measurements of strata were made at the northwest corner of the hill.
Aug 5. Another bright, hot morning. The RR people keep 3 or 4 engines steamed up here all the time to help trains up the steep grade to Divide. They must waste much coal, as the escape valves hiss by the hour.
I had a very narrow escape from the loss of an eye yesterday. While digging in very hard rock with the big pick a piece of rock struck me a terrific blow an inch over the eye, the flat side striking, so that it did not cut much, but dazed me for a moment or two. An inch lower would have struck the right lens of my glasses, the result of which could not be safely predicted.
Saw a sparrow hawk.
