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whicli was found to be from five to twelve feet : it is said to be ia 

 one place, thirty feet in depth. Another locality of peat is stated 

 to be in the townships of Matanne and Macnider, between the 

 rivers Blanche and Matanne. A peat-bog of about one hundred 

 acres occurs on the left bank of the Madawaska, just above the 

 twelfth-mile post on the road to the Little Falls. 



The most extensive peat deposits in Canada are found on Anti- 

 costi. Along the low lands on the south coast of the island, from 

 Heath Point to within eight or nine miles of Southwest Point, a 

 continuous plain covered with peat extends for upwards of eighty 

 miles, with an average breadth of two miles ; thus giving a super- 

 ficies of more than one hundred and sixty square miles. The 

 thickness of the peat, as observed on the coast, was from three to 

 ten feet, and it appears to be of an excellent quality. The height 

 of this plain may be, on an average, fifteen feet above high-water 

 mark, and it could be easily drained and worked. Between South- 

 west Point and the west end of the island, there are many smaller 

 peat-bogs, varying in superficies from 100 to 1000 acres. 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



The monthly meeting of the Society was held on Monday 

 evening November 28, and, notwithstanding the unfavorable 

 aspect of the weather, the attendance was large. 



Among the donations announced, we notice the following : 



To THE Museum. 



Foetal monkey from Australia, also an antique spoon, two rings, 

 and a fragment of (human) bone dug up in the fields near Cacouna, 

 from Dr. A. Hall ; eighty-two beautifully prepared specimens 

 of Canadian butterflies and moths, from Mr. P. Kutzing ; speci- 

 men of the spruce partridge {Tetrao Canadensis, Linn.), from 

 Mr. Jas. Ferrier, jun. ; an American woodcock (Phihhela 

 minor, Gray), from Mr. More; specimen of the painted bunting 

 [Plectr op kanes pictus), from the plains of the Saskatchewan, from 

 Mr. G. Barnston ; and a pair of fine black squirrels from Upper 

 Canada, from Mr. W. Hunter. 



New Members. 



Captain Rooke, S. F. G.,was elected a corresponding member, 

 and Messrs. H. Abbot, T. F. Hanlon, R. E., and W. S. McFar- 

 lane, ordinary members of the Society. 



