NO. 2 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I924 I3 



specimens of the upper Mons faunules. Early in September, the party 

 crossed to the head of the Red Deer River and followed it down to 

 where it breaks through the eastward-facing clifTs of Devonian lime- 

 stone which have been thrust eastward over onto the sandstones, 

 shales and limestones of the Cretaceous formations of the " foot- 

 hills." It was expected to secure some fine photographs of interesting 

 structural geology but the continuous cloudy and rainy weather pre- 

 vented. On the ridge between the Red Deer and Panther Rivers at 

 Snow Creek (fig. 9) a very fine pair of sheep was obtained and 



Fig. 20. — Cricket, faithful 21- 

 year-old saddle horse, the wis- 

 est one of the bunch of horses. 

 She is waiting for a crust of 

 bread. (C. D. W.) 



unusually fine trout were caught below Eagle Pass north of the Red 

 Deer River, also in Baker Creek earlier in the season. As hunting and 

 fishing are only incidental to the geological work and Mrs. Walcott's 

 wild flower studies, it is only on rainy days or after the day's work is 

 over that the men indulge in sport. At a " lick " beside the Red Deer 

 River, many mountain sheep were seen (fig. 11) and on the trail, 

 moose, deer, goats, and smaller mammals were met with, especially 

 about Baker Lake and in the Red Deer Canyon. 



Some progress has been made the past eight field seasons towards 

 a better understanding of the pre-Devonian geological formations and 



