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DARRELL H. DAVIS 



hummock configuration showing on either shore, but better on the 

 right. 



The same is shown in the view of the entire valley (Fig. 5) in 

 the foreground, where the present stream has inherited an old mean- 

 der. This view down the river shows the bridge in the background 

 and the bluffs on the left hand side of the valley. The wagon road 



Fig. 3. — Section of silt where stream has cut seven feet into old pond floor. 



also shows, and over to the left the houses at Pikes Peak may be seen. 

 The character of the surface, with its tuft formations, the land re- 

 claimed from the original pond by silting and subsequent additions 

 by the growth of vegetation, also shows very well. 



The meander which shows is an inherited one, cut by the river 

 in silt laid down in the original pond while the water was still ponded 

 up, and deepened in a narrower channel since. The old banks show 

 plainly on either side. 



The bars on the inner side of the curves are of small extent and 



