ii6 The Ottawa Naturalist. [September 



the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Straits of Belle Isle, from near 

 the Ming-an Islands. 



Murray was instructed to make explorations west of Sault 

 Ste. Marie, on the coast of Lake Superior. His assistant this 

 year was R. Bell, who mad 3 many of the necessary surveys, 

 such as a triangulation of Bachewanung Bay and Goulais Bay 

 and River. A visit was paid to the Limestone Mountains near 

 Lake Anne on the south shore. After Murray had sailed for 

 Sarnia, the party under Bell coasted the north shore to Bruce 

 Mines, calling at the Manitoulin Islands, and collecting fossils 

 From Collingwood, Bell ran several long lines of levels through 

 the townships south, and also established heights of points on .the 

 Blue Mountains. The surface geology of this region was also 

 studied. 



Lowe made surveys in Grenville and Chatham Townships, 



Quebec. 



1861. 



Logan was mostly in the Eastern Townships, but in Novem- 

 ber he visited Phillipsburgh and Swanton, Vermont, making 

 many sections of the Phillipsburgh series, which were published in 

 the report of 1S63. 



Richardson spent the season in Newfoundland on the west 

 shore. 



Murray visited several points along the escarpment near 

 Owen Sound, and then went up the lake to Drummond Island, 

 calling at Colpoys Bay, Gun Point and Flowerpot Island. The 

 first part of September he was on Barr River and Lake George. 



Bell worked out the distribution of the formations westward 

 of the Niagara escarpment in the counties of Grey, Bruce, Huron, 

 Wellington, Waterloo, Perth, Brant and Haldimand. He also 

 collected specimens for the International Exhibition of 1862. 



Lowe made surveys in the vicinity of Grenville, Quebec, in 



De Salabery Township. 



1862. 



Logan was a juror at the International Exhibition, London, 

 but made a short trip in August to Point Levis and Island of 

 Orleans. In September he paid a visit to Phillipsburgh ar^ Swan- 

 ton, Vt, 



