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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 78 



the Bavarian Alps quickly and without effort was afforded by a visit 

 to the Zugspitze on the Bavarian-Austrian boundary where the re- 

 cently completed cable system to the top of the mountain, over nine 

 thousand feet high, conveys one in 20 minutes over this distance 

 which the best of climbers cannot accomplish in less than two days. 

 The tiny car. operated as shown in figure ^^J, brings one at times 



Fig. Zl- — Cable road to top of Zugspitze, Bavarian Alps. 



close enough to the limestone strata to give a good idea of the 

 geological structure. 



Proceeding northward from Munich, various regions in Germany 

 were studied with profit both in the amount of good study material 

 secured and in the information regarding" stratigraphic relationships. 

 The classic Mesozoic region north of the Hartz Mountains was 

 visited in company with Mr. Ehrhard Voigt, an enthusiastic student 

 of microfossils at Dessau, Germany. Mr. Voigt also accompanied 



