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ward, in section 22, 1,0!)2 to 1,095 feet, to its junction with the eastern or 

 main beach in the east part of this section. 



A lower Herman beach, formed after the hike level here liad fallen 

 slightly, appears in the northwest edge of section 26, Howes, having its 

 crest at 1,072 to 1,075 feet; passing north-northeastward through the west 

 half of section 23, its elevation is 1,075 to 1,080 feet; through section 14, 

 1,080 to 1,087 feet, being highest near the center of this section; and in 

 the east part of sections 11 and 2 and onward to the southwest quarter of 

 section 36, Buffalo, 1,083 to 1,080 and 1,075 feet. Its maximum develop- 

 ment is in section 14, where it is a massive, smoothly rounded ridge of sand 

 and fine gravel, 30 rods wide, with a descent of 15 feet on each side. In 

 sections 26 and 23 it is bordered on the west by a continuous depression 4 

 to 8 feet below it; and through sections 14, 11, and 2, and in the southwest 

 quarter of section 36, a slough 3i miles long, mown for its luxuriant marsh 

 hay, having an elevation of 1,067 to 1,072 feet, lies between this and the 

 main beach, a half mile farther west. 



Floor of S. P. Gardner's house, in the northwest corner of section 27, 

 Howes, 1,096 feet. 



Main Herman beach tlu'ough the west edge of section 14, Howes, 

 1,096 to 1,093 feet, declining northward; in the west part of section 11, 

 1,093 to 1,095 feet; in section 2, 1,092 to 1,095 feet, changing from a north 

 to a north-northeast course; in the southeast edge of section 35 and the 

 northwest edge of section 36, Buftalo, 1,092 to 1,096 feet; and in the west 

 part of section 25, where it is cut by the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1,095 

 to 1,101 feet. At the railroad cut its crest is 1,099 to 1,101 feet, and the 

 track is 1,092 feet above the sea. Along this distance of 5 miles it is a 

 typical beach ridge of sand and gravel, with pebbles up to 2 inches and 

 occasionally 3 to 6 inches in diameter, about 30 I'ods wide, rising nearly 25 

 feet above the slough on the east, and bordered on the west by a continu- 

 ous depression, mostly about an eighth of a mile wide, 3 to 7 feet below its 

 crest. Slightly nndulating till rises beyond to 1,125 and 1,140 feet within 

 1 or 1^ miles west, which is as far as the surface lies within view. 



Northern Pacific Railroad track at Wheatland, 993 feet; on bridge 

 over creek in the east edge of section 25, Buffalo, 4 miles west of Wheat- 

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