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Windsor, Colo. Windsor, Colorado, Oct. 26, 1907 October 26, 1907

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 Boulder Boulder, Colorado. 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 Veniella humilis Veniella humilis but none above. In the yellow sandstone found Nucula sp. Nucula, but not in the black shale except at the very top. Cardium speciosum Cardium speciosum, Mactra Mactra and Tellina Tellina common to both horizons. Have not seen what Dodds has. Started up stream at 11 a.m. After lunching and