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Following this, a fine series of glacial forms 

 were seen ; a kame terrace, which was the sub- 

 ject of a talk by Professor Goldthwait; the 

 Great Esker; a well-marked and interesting 

 moraine; and a great variety of kames. In 

 addition, a delta terrace which was formed by 

 a tributary of Lake Bascom and a broad high 

 terrace on the old shore line of this same 

 lake were observed. The scars of the Greylock 

 landslides of August, 1901, were seen from 

 the car. Nooning was taken at Williamstown 

 where the members of the party enjoyed the 

 hospitality of Williams College and were the 

 guests of the officers of the college at a dinner 

 served in the new College Commons. 



In the afternoon, the party visited the nat- 

 ural bridge of the Hoosac mountains and 

 studied the transition between the marble of 

 the Natural Bridge quarry and the calcareous 

 mica schists at the foot of the mountain. 



It is just to add that the pleasures of the 

 trip were enhanced by delightful weather and 

 by the gorgeous spectacle of the mountains 

 arrayed in autumnal colors. 



Egbert M. Brown 



WoBCESTEK, Mass. 



WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL 

 HISTORY SURVEY 

 The legislature of 1909 appropriated $30,- 

 000 annually for the use of this survey. Of 

 this sum $10,000 is a permanent appropria- 

 tion, which the survey has received for several 

 years. An appropriation of $10,000 for two 

 years, chiefly for the use of the highway 

 division, was repeated and a new appropria- 

 tion of $10,000 annually for two years was 

 granted for the establishment of a soil sur- 

 vey. The commissioners of the survey have 

 appointed William O. Hotchlviss, formerly 

 economic geologist of the survey, to the posi- 

 tion of state geologist, and have placed the 

 geological work of the survey under his im- 

 mediate charge. For the present a consider- 

 able part of Mr. Hotchkiss's time is being 

 given to the highway department, which has 

 been under his direction. 



The last legislature appointed a special com- 

 mittee to make suitable investigations and 



draw a bill providing for state aid for roads. 

 This committee is studying the question of 

 state aid along lines suggested by Mr. Hotch- 

 kiss and is requiring much service from him. 

 The regular road and bridge work of the high- 

 way division of the survey has consisted in 

 aiding towns and counties to spend more 

 elEciently the taxes they raise for highway 

 purposes. This has been done by bringing 

 more business-like methods into use, and by 

 making careful surveys, designs and esti- 

 mates. The assistance thus given to local 

 officers has been greatly appreciated by them, 

 as it has given them technical advice and 

 trained supervision. This work is carried on 

 by A. E. Hirst, M. W. Torkelson and H. J. 

 Kuelling. 



A report on the peat resources of the state 

 is in preparation by F. W. Huels, who has 

 been working under Mr. Hotclikiss's direction. 



Mr. Hotchkiss and Mr. F. T. Thwaites have 

 been compiling a new geological map of the 

 state, which will be issued in connection with 

 a bulletin on the general geology of the state. 



E. H. J. Lorenz has been employed to make 

 a physiographic model of the state, under the 

 direction of Mr. Hotchkiss and Mr. Thwaites. 

 This model is on a scale of seven miles to the 

 inch and will show in a graphic manner the 

 various topographic forms. It is planned to 

 distribute copies of this model to the various 

 educational institutions of the state. 



The natural history division of the survey 

 has continued its work under the immediate 

 charge of the director, E. A. Birge and the 

 biologist, Chancey Juday. During the sum- 

 mer the field work for a; forthcoming report 

 on the dissolved gases and plankton of the 

 Wisconsin lakes has been completed and the 

 report will very shortly be ready for the press. 

 This work has been carried on in cooperation 

 with the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries and with 

 financial assistance from it. 



The work on the fishes of the state has been 

 prosecuted under the general charge of George 

 Wagner. A careful study is being made of 

 the distribution, habits and food of the cisco 

 of Lake Geneva. H. H. T. Jackson has spent 

 a large part of the summer in collecting the 



