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least, this link of connection with previous occupations, that it 

 related in part to marine animals, "with which his Zoological 

 studies on the sea coast had made him familiar. 



The results of these studies have, in part, been published in 

 the following papers : — 

 (1.) On the Newer Pliocene and Post-Pliocene of the Vicinity 



of Montreal. — Canadian Naturalist, 1857. 

 (2.) Additional Notes on the Post-Pliocene Deposits of the St. 



Lawrence Valley. — lb. 1859. 

 (3.) On the climate of Canada in the Post-Pliocene Period. — 



lb. 1860. 

 (4.) On Post-Tertiary Fossils from Labrador. — lb. 1860. 

 (5.) On the Geology of Murray Bay (Part 3, Post-pliocene 



deposits) — lb. 1861. 

 (6.) Address as President of the Natural History Society of 



Montreal.— 76. 1864. 

 (T.) On the Post-pliocene Deposits of Riviere du Loup and 



Tadoussac, — lb. 1865. 

 (8.) Comparison of the Icebergs of Belle-isle and the Glaciers 



of Mont Blanc, with reference to the Boulder-clay of 



Canada.— /Zy. 1866. 

 (9.) On the Evidence of Fossil plants as to the Post-pliocene 



climate of Canada. — lb. 18(?6. 



In addition to these papers I placed in the hands of Sir W. E, 

 Logan, all my notes and lists of fossils up to 1863, for his Report 

 of that year ;^^ and gave a resume of the subject, in so far as the 

 Post-pliocene of the Acadian Provinces is concerned, in the second 

 edition of my "Acadian Geology," published in 1868. 



Much of the matter contained in these detached publications 

 now requires revision, more especially the lists of fossils; and 

 many additional facts have accumulated. I purpose therefore 

 now to summarize the facts and conclusions of my previous papers 

 and to unite them with the new facts, so as to present as complete 

 a view as possible of the geology of the superficial deposits of Can- 

 ada. I shall also prepare a complete list of the fossils up to date, 

 with revised nomenclature and synonymy. In this last part of 

 the work I have been aided by Dr. P. P. Carpenter and Mr. 

 Whiteaves. I have had the benefit, in the case of several critical 

 species, of the advice of Mr. J. G. Jeffreys, and Mr. R. Macxln- 



* Quoted in this paper as the " Geology of Canada,'' 



