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The party next visited the potholes on Indian Kettles point, 2 

 miles north of Hague. These interesting relics of the glacial epoch 

 are on a rocky point, and 15 feet or more above the present lake. 



In the evening a brief exposition of the local geology and phys- 

 iography was given by J. F. Kemp, and illustrated by manuscript 

 maps. The sediments of the Grenville series are the oldest rocks, 

 now greatly metamorphosed. A syenitic series of eruptives, the 

 most extensive of the local formations, succeeded the Grenville, and 

 these are also greatly metamorphosed. There are also rocks inter- 

 mediate between syenite and gabbro ; true gabbros and granites. 

 Lastly came a few basaltic dikes. There are no late Paleozoics in 

 the region, but the Potsdam and Beekmantown are near or in the 

 Lake George basin. The physiography was believed by the speaker 

 to be chiefly due to block faulting, which was freshened up by the 

 ice-sculpturing of the glacial epoch. 



The next morning the party proceeded to Huletts, and visited an 

 igneous contact on Tafts point. At Huletts dock interesting peg- 

 matites and the effects of shearing and faulting were seen. Three 

 sets of displacement could be detected. The party were kindly taken 

 about the lake by Dr Smith Ely Jeliffe in his launch, adding greatly 

 to their pleasure and profit. After lunch in the charming summer 

 home of Professor and Mrs Kemp the members continued south 

 through the lake and dispersed. 



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REPORT OF THE STATE BOTANIST 



The State Botanist reports that the interval betweeif the collecting 

 seasons of 1906 and 1907 was devoted to office work which consists 

 of the examination and identification as far as possible of unidenti- 

 fied collected material and the accumulated contributed material, the 

 preparation of the annual report and the incorporation of the new 

 material in the herbarium. The field work has been principally a 

 continuation of the investigation and collection of specimens of the 

 Crataegus flora and mycological flora. Of the former, considerable 

 collections have been made in two specially prolific localities, one 

 near Corning, Steuben co., the other near Clayton, Jefferson co. 

 Collections here were made both in the flowering and in the fruiting 

 period oi these plants. The identification of much of this material 

 has not >et been made. 



