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the sea cliff is high and precipitous for miles, with an occasional ravine opening back into it. Most of the way there is a beach. Only had to run around one point between the waves. About 3 miles north of the biological station we found many Owl limpets Lottia gigantea on the rocks. A mile or two south of the Torrey pines Pinus torreyana we collected large, heavy fossil oysters oyster which form several layers at the foot of the cliff and 30 to 40 feet above. I suppose they are Tertiary. Further down coast we had noticed a marked unconformity in the bluff. Lunched at 11:30 p.m. (sic) still cloudy. Took 2 pictures of the bluff with fossil horizon at base, then started on, reaching Del Mar Del Mar, CA at 3 p.m. and got room at Stratford Inn Stratford Inn. I went to the Post Office store, packed the fossils etc. in a box, addressed it and took it to the express office, where I left it in the hallway, the agent being absent. The postmaster promised to see that it is shipped. Got a 50¢ black and white striped shirt. My khaki coat is badly discolored from