In one of these slides we found several small mammal jaws and teeth not known before from Canada, associated with fossil clam shells of Eocene age.
The long midsummer days in latitude 52 deg gave many working hours, but with frequent stops to prospect the banks we rarely floated more than twenty miles per day.

An occasional flock of ducks and geese were disturbed as our boat approached and bank beaver houses were frequently passed, but few of the animals were seen during the daytime.

Tying the boat to a tree at night we would go ashore to camp among the trees where after dinner pipes were smoked in the glow of a great camp fire.

Only a fossil hunter or a desert traveler can fully appreciate the luxury of abundant wood and running water.

In the stillness of the night the underworld was alive and many little feet rustled the leaves where daylight disclosed no sound.