114 jt^HE Ottawa Naturalist. [September 



ville in October and spent a few weeks tracing the limestone 

 bands of the Laurentian. 



Murray, with J. Johnston as assistant, made a survey of the 

 mouth of the French River and then went to the Bruce Mines and 

 Echo Lake to study the copper deposits. A survey was made of 

 Echo Lake and River, the northern part of Great Lake George, 

 Little Lake George and Garden River. He also collected fossils 

 at Gait and Woodstook with Billings. 



Richardson, with Scott Barlow as assistant, surveyed the 

 Magdalen River and the coast of Gasp^ to Gasp6 Bay. A traverse 

 was made from Griffin Cove to Peninsula Cove in Gasp6 Bay, 

 then up Dartmouth River and to Grand Etang. 



R. Bell was another of the party and collected objects of 

 natural history on which he specially reported. After the St. 

 Lawrence was reached, the party crossed over to the Saguenay 

 and ascended to Lake St. John. Richardson and Barlow walked 

 across to Bay St. Paul. 



Billings ascended the Ottawa and Bonnech^re rivers, collect- 

 ing fossils. At Eganville he engaged }. McMullen, and with him 

 visited Lake Clear in Sebastopol Township. He then returned 

 and ascended the river to Golden Lake. The rocks of the fourth 

 chute were examined while the water was shut off". Later he 

 visited Gait, Woodstock and Port Colborne, Ont. 



Hunt continued his chemical work on the dolomites of 

 Canada and also investigations on fish manures. 



Ashe reported on his longitude determinations. 



1858. 



Logan spent six months in the Grenville region and ascended 

 the Rouge River to Iroquois Chute. In August he attended the 

 meeting of the American Society for the Advancement of Science. 



D'Urban accompanied Logan to Grenville and collected 

 natural history specimens. 



James Lowe was employed by Logan in the Grenville region. 



Murray and Johnston, with S. Barlow as assistant, continued 

 the examination of the copper deposits north of Lake Huron be- 

 tween the coast and Thessalon River. They connected their work to 

 Echo Lake and around Rock Lake. They also examined the coun- 



