Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 32. -An outdoor bed-room in the Lanadum by Walcott, 1912. NO. 30 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I912 31 The stratit^Taphic section was found to contain approximately12,000 feet of Cambrian rocks and 3,000 feet of Ordovician, thetransition between the two systems of rocks occurring in BillingsButte (figs. 28, 29). which projects upward beside Hunga the northern base of Mumm Peak (figs. 25, 26), above MuralGlacier a new sub-fauna of the Lower Cambrian was discovered, thefossils being beautif
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 32. -An outdoor bed-room in the Lanadum by Walcott, 1912. NO. 30 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I912 31 The stratit^Taphic section was found to contain approximately12,000 feet of Cambrian rocks and 3,000 feet of Ordovician, thetransition between the two systems of rocks occurring in BillingsButte (figs. 28, 29). which projects upward beside Hunga the northern base of Mumm Peak (figs. 25, 26), above MuralGlacier a new sub-fauna of the Lower Cambrian was discovered, thefossils being beautifully l~i(;. 33.— Harry H. Blagden and Sidney S. Walcott preparingptarmigan skins for shipment to the Smithsonian by Walcott, 1912. Dr. Walcott was accompanied by Mr. Harry H. Blagden, of theSmithsonian Expedition of 1911, and his son Sidney S. two young men secured a number of fine mammal skins, whichhave been added to the collections of the National Museum. Thecollections of the Museum were also enriched by a fine series offossils from the Burgess Pass quarry, reference to which was madein the report on the expeditions of the Smithsonian Institution of1910 and 1911 (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 59, , pages 39-43)-3 32 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 6o FIFXD-WORK OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY IN 1912 Ethnological Investigations of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes in the West Indies One of the most important and interesting lines of research con-ducted by the Bureau of American Ethnology is that which has beenunder the immediate
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