54 ASSINNIBOINE AND SASKATCHEWAN EXPEDITION. 



cliff-like exposure of Cretaceous rocks, through which a 

 stream had cut a channel seventy to ninety feet deep. 

 These rocks seemed to form the boundary of a third terrace 

 on which were numerous conical hills consisting of gravel 

 and boulders of the unfossiliferous rocks. The stratifi- 

 cation appeared to be nearly horizontal, with a very 

 slight dip to the south-west. Although a careful search 

 was made for organic remains very few were discovered. 

 These were identical with those found on the Little Souris, 

 and in every particular, except the occurrence of bands 

 holding Inoceramus, the rocks on the Eiding Mountain 

 resembled the exposures on the Little Souris. The layers 

 containing ferruginous concretions were found, as well as a 

 soft thin band from which the Indians make their pipes. 

 The total thickness of the exposure exceeded 100 feet. 



We now followed a moose path until we arrived at a 

 high conical hill, which promised a fine view of the sur- 

 rounding country. Having reached the summit, the 

 relation of the conical hills and terraces became evident. 

 A wide and deep valley separated us from the table-land 

 of the Eiding Mountain, about one mile distant in an air 

 line, and perhaps 200 feet above us. Three terraces were 

 distinctly visible below us ; a range of conical hills, the 

 result of atmospheric agencies, lay at the foot of the 

 precipitous escarpment of the mountain, and followed its 

 general direction. Limestone and unfossiliferous boulders 

 were strewn on the summits and flanks of the weather- 

 worn hills, while in the hollows between them, small 

 lakes lay half concealed by a fine forest of white spruce 

 and aspens. 



From the brow of the hill where we stopped to dine, 

 the Indian shot a large brown-nosed bear, which suddenly 

 appeared on the terrace below us about seventy yards 

 from our camp fire. His skin was in good condition, 



