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donor of the Helderberg escarpment to the State (John Boyd 

 Thacher Park) . On the following day the party went to Saratoga 

 Springs to examine the mineral springs and their relation to the 

 Saratoga fault. From the state reservation there a visit was 

 made to the Cryptozoon ledge, or Lester Park, returning in time 

 to arrive at Port Henry that evening. The following day a visit of 

 inspection was made to the iron mines at Mineville, and by cour- 

 tesy of the Witherbee Sherman Company the visitors were given 

 every opportunity to descend into the mines and see the under- 

 ground as well as the surface workings in every detail. The after- 

 noon of the same day a walking trip was made from Port Henry 

 northward along the shore of the lake where brilliant and instruc- 

 tive exposures were shown of the Grenville limestone with its 

 contorted inclusions. Leaving that evening for Port Kent, the 

 early part of the following day was spent in the Ausable chasm 

 at the mouth of which automobiles met the party and took its 

 members to the Champlain Club of the Catholic Summer School at 

 Chff Haven, the road thus passed running over the dissected deltas 

 of the Ausable and Little Ausable rivers. At Cliff Haven the 

 geologists were the guests of the school by invitation of the 

 Rt. Rev. Mgr. John P. Chidwick, and here they were most agreeably 

 entertained. After examination of the very interesting geological 

 phenomena upon and about the grounds of Cliff Haven, the party 

 was met by Prof. George H. Hudson, who carried them by boat 

 to Valcour island. Under Professor Hudson's guidance the 

 interesting geological structures of Valcour island were exploited 

 and the evening of the day was most agreeably spent at Professor 

 Hudson's camp on the island. Late at night the visitors returned 

 by boat to Plattsburg and left thence in the early morning for 

 Burlington, Vermont, where, under the guidance of Prof. George 

 H. Perkins, opportunity was given to visit striking geological 

 developments in the vicinity. There the party, disbanded. 



Meeting at Albany. By invitation of the president of the Uni- 

 versity, the Geological Society of America, the Paleontological 

 Society, and the Association of American State Geologists held their 

 annual meetings in Albany during the week beginning December 25, 

 1916. These meetings brought together a large number of geologists, 

 perhaps the largest ever gathered here, and they continued through 

 the week. The comfort of the visitors was studied in every regard 

 and an effort made to give the sessions the assurance of success. 

 At these sessions the Director of the Museum acted as president 



