SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



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laboratory studies have been described in various Smithsonian publi- 

 cations. Likewise the ethnological researches herein briefly described 

 will later be elaborated in the bvilletins and reports of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology. 



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Fig. 3. — Undercutting by blasting in order to get at the fossil-bearing 

 bed of rock in the famous Burgess Pass quarry. William Oke and 

 Alex. Mitton drilling, while standing on poles high above the floor of 

 the quarry. Photograph by Walcott, 1917. 



GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES 



In continuation of geological work in the Canadian Rockies, Dr. 

 Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Listitution, was 

 engaged during the summer and early fall of 19 17 in field investiga- 

 tions and collecting at the now well-known " Burgess Pass fossil 



