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Show 542 " Q Didn't you aim to go slowly, so you could have ample time to look at the formations that you were passing on either side? " A You see, the rocks are so similar there, so horizontal, one can pace several miles of the river and still see the came rocks. So we would stop at places where there was a good landing, and measure the section there, or collect fossils, and that would serve for several miles down the river." R. 1329. While he is unable to remember accurately, it was several times a day that they got out of the boat to collect fossils or make a alone inspection of the geology on either side of the river. By several times a day he means that they usually broke camp in the morning, " around half- part seven of eight o'clock, and probably up until noon we would stop once; maybe once in the afternoon; it varied from day to day. " Q You would hardly call that several times. " A It depended on the rock exposures; it varied a great deal. " Q Some days it would be fifteen or twenty times you would do that? " A Not as much as that. For instance, at the slide, we spent all day there, camped there at night the previous night, and spent all day there." R. 1330. |
