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logical and conchological investigations. Each member of the party to 

 some extent assisted in other lines of work 



We desire to express our appreciation of the courtesies received at 

 the hands of the people living along our route, who were almost uni- 

 formly kind and assisted us in many ways. Messrs. J. L. Riland, 

 W. A. Kyser, W. B. Blythe and Reuben Ball, of Meeker, were especially 

 helpful to us in securing valuable material for the museum. 



Fig. i. — Outline map of Colorado, the territory covered by the expedition being 

 enclosed in the square shaded by diagonal lines. 



The accompanying map shows the route and localities visited (Fig. 2) . 

 Starting on August 3, 1909, we proceeded up Elk Creek, thence to 

 Rifle Gap, where Rifle Creek breaks through the Mesa Verde sandstone 

 ridge, which constitutes the Grand Hogback (Fig. 9). Here we made 

 our first stop. We next passed through the Gap to the Rifle-Meeker 

 stage road, which we followed to Meeker, stopping at Piceance Creek 

 on the way. From Meeker we traveled to Axial and back. Thence 



