120 B. N. A. BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 
who pronounces them to be portions of the sacrum and long-bones of a 
Dinosaurian. 
294. A section of the upper beds and sandstones, observed in a ravine 
on the east side of the Great Dry Coulée, near the Line, showed the 
following succession of beds :— 
F IN. 
1. Light yellowish arenaceous clays and sands, indicated in 
slopes and higher grounds, but of which a few feet at 
l the base only’are well exposed ............00eceeeeees 8 
aoe!) Ry BANG bs Ss rin’ » stays a natiilece Maps Rice ene oC ae 4 5 
3. Grey-green arenaceous clay.............eeeeeees gcceeee 9 0 
4. Arenaceous clay (rusty, irregular layer).. ............. 2 3 
5. Highly ferruginous layer. A few inches. 
6 Grey arenaceous clay, rather conspicuously banded ...... 17 10 
7,- Grey ‘aoit sapdatone..3 ass) asia. acs eee ee bis bloke 14 5 
8. Sandstones, hard and soft, brownish, yellowish and grey; 
often concretionary, generally well stratified, but some- 
times false-bedded, forming cliffs in the gorge, and 
weathering out into overhanging ledges, and _ horizon- 
tally fluted walls ........ os bias Walp ee in ik ae 35 6 
About 90 0 
295. The most complete section of the beds below the sandstone 
zone was obtained about eight miles north-westward from the intersection 
of the valley with the Line, and on the north-east side of the valley. It 
may overlap the last by a few feet, or a few feet may be omitted ; but, 
allowing for this slight uncertainty, it forms a continuation downward of 
the base of the former section. | 
FEET. IN. 
1. Soft grey sandstone, forming the top of the bank (about) 4 6 
2. Red-brown concretionary sandstone, with large flattened 
modules. hr os. So sae woe te kas eco bie hee ater ae 4 6 
3,. Hard grey sand «, » .,.\:¢sccscueus oso eeumintes 5 ae acne 4 5 
4, Reddish nodular sandstone........... sey OTE PY EAS 2 0 
5. Whitish arenaceous clays, with some selenite in the lower 
TRV GRR... «oo « x u.u vignndleinece sel cope Mkcil DRI Eee a 
6. Greyish and yellowish arenaceous clays (banded)........ 13 4 
7. Yellow-grey arenaceous clay...........++sss00 i pe Le 
8. Greyish arenaceous clay in which stratification is scarcely 
emparamibes i. .6)4! 0. Cat Os ETS Coen ae eee 71 4 
9. Yellowish sandstone, thin bedded..............eceee> 2.0 
10: “G2Cy BFOHRCROUS: GIAY 0. sos. eres wo Pir Bh en pm peso ee 4 5 
11, Purpliah hala; 52... ass alsa jw 0 ce ’onle MURR od SATA pete 1 6 
12. Grey aronaccortialay . ; ..'..s:.¢ <«unss sees ieasene #5 Lee 5 6 
13. Brown shale, with imperfectly preserved plant remains.. 0 6 
14. Grey. Arengcenus UBF, i's. + x vinii's.c sed pep b Mul arorsiats oe ae 14 8 
15. Purplish shale, with some thin layers of impure lignite.. 8 10 
1G; Parplish-browab Ghale: 0... STA. aati bee bs ehiee 1 0 
17. Greyish .aremeosOUs ley ..»\n:..5.5 4nj0'< teow aie Minis che! ee ee as 2 
18. Grey arenaceous clay, upper part shaly..............+- iy 
19. Yellowish arenaceous clay................000 dvaee 4 5 
DY. Purpligh: GBR16 sco n'3 op cos) 2s 05s Grit hime iees bone ee 1 0 
21. Yellowish ATENACCOUN‘ClAY....... sc edelas hvivesedeuews 8 ll 
22. Usp BAIS on. ck ed nis's 66 bar 3.>i'N oo eae hn Pee Ane 2 2 
23.” “Groyish ArGunoeous GAY 5... 7y, bcs bse pale vn ch verb en oe 6 9 

