28o CARNKGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON. 



Oct. 19 to Nov. 4. Making topographical and geological survey of the Ch'ang-hsia 

 district for stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cambrian strata. 



Nov. 5 and 6. En route Ch'aug-hsia to Tai-an fu by horse and wheelbarrows. 



November 7 to 12. Geological reconnoissance of the Tai-shau pre-Cambrian rocks 

 and physiographic relations of the mountain. 



November 13 to 15. En route Tai-an fu to Hsin-tai by horse and wheelbarrows. 



November 16 to December i. Making topographical and geological survey of 

 the Hsin-tai district for stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cambrian 

 strata and the relations of post-Carboniferous normal faulting to the 

 present topography. 



December 1 to 4. En route with geological reconnoissance, Yen-chuang to Ch'en- 

 ts'un, on foot, with wheelbarrows. 



December 5 to 11. En route by rail and steamer, via Tsing tau, to Tientsin. 



INTERIM. 



December 12 to 31. At Tientsin and Peking, packing Shantung collections and 

 preparing for winter trip. Joined by Mr. R. H. Sargent, topographer. 

 Mr. Blackwelder made reconnoissance in Manchuria, December 18 to 30. 

 Mr. Willis made survey of artesi;in water conditions about Peking, De- 

 cember 22 to 28, at request of the American minister. 



SECOND TRIP, WUTAI-SHAN. 



(From Peking, via Pao-t'ing fu, Fou-ping, Wutai-shan, and Hsin-chou, to Tai- 



yu-an fu, Shansi.) 



January i and 2. Peking to Pao-t'ing fu by rail. 



January- 3 to March 7. On foot with pack-mules, Pao-t'ing fu to Tai-yuan fu ; 

 topographical and geological survey along route, covering a strip five to 

 twenty miles wide and two hundred and fifty miles long, with geology of 

 the pre-Cambrian, Cambrian, and Carboniferous rocks, physiography of 

 the Shansi Mountains, and occurrence of the loess. 



March 8 to 12. At Tai-yuan fu, in conference with provincial authorities. 



INTERIM. 



March 13 to April i. En route Tai-yuan fu, Shansi to Hsi-an fu, Shensi, by cart, 

 via the highway, with observations on geology, physiography, and loess. 



April 2 to II. At Hsi-an fu in conference with provincial authorities and prepar- 

 ing for journey across the mountains to the Yangtse River. 



THIRD TRIP, SOUTHERN SHENSI. 



(From Hsi-an fu via Chou chih hsien, Shih ch'uan hsien Hsing-an fu, and Wu- 



shan to Ichang, on the Yangtse. ) 



April 12 to May 10. On foot, with coolie transport, across the Ch'in ling Moun- 

 tains, with topographical survey and geological reconnoissance from 

 Chou-Chih hsien, in the Wei Valley, to Shih-ch'uan hsien, in the Han 

 Valley ; geolog}' of the pre-Cambrian and metamorphic Paleozoic ; phys- 

 iography of the mountains of southern vShensi. 



May II to 14. At Shih-ch'uan hsien i day and boat trip with route traverse 

 down the Han River 3 days to Hsing-an fu. 



May 15 and 16. At Hsing-an fn, engaging coolies. 



