CONTENTS. 



Pagb 

 Contributions to the Chemistry of Natural Waters ; By T. Sterry 



Hunt, A.M., F.R.S 1, 161, 276 



On the Relative Powers of Glaciers and Floating Icebergs in Modi- 

 fying the Surface of the Earth ; By Sir Roderick I. Mdrchison.. 21 



Origin of our Kitchen-Garden Plants ; By H. Coultas 33 



On the Graptolites of the Quebec Group ; By Professor James Hall. 42 



A few Notes on the Night-Heron ; By Henry G. Vennor 53 



Notes on Post-Pliocene Deposits atRiviere-du-Loup and Tadoussac ; 



By J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S 81 



On the Genus Woodsia ; By Professor Daniel C. Eaton 89 



On the Occurrence of Organic Remains in the Laurentian Rocks of 



Canada ; By Sir W. E. Logan, LL.D., F.R.S 92 



On Certain Organic Remains in the Laurentian Limestones of Ca- 

 nada ; By J. W.Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S 99, 127 



Notes on the Structure and Affinities of Eozoon Canadense ; By W. 



B. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S., F.G.S Ill 



On the Mineralogy of Eozoon Canadense ; By T. Sterry Hunt 120 



Notes on Nova-Scotian Fishes ; By J. Matthew Jones, F.L.S 128 



Notes on Some of the More Remarkable Genera of Silurian and De- 

 vonian Fossils ; By E. Billings, F.G.S 184, 405 



Gold Mines and Gold Mining in Nova Scotia ; By H. F. Perley 198 



On the Extraction of Copper from its Ores in the Humid Way ; By 



Thomas Macfarlane 219, 241 



Synopsis of the Fishes of the Gulf of St Lawrence and Bay of 



Fundy ; By Professor Theodore Gill, M.A 244 



Geological Sketch of the Neighborhood of Rossie ; By Thomas 



Macfarlane % 267 



A Geographical Sketch of Canada 356 



Review of the Northern Buccinums, and Remarks on some other 



Northern Marine Mollusks. Part I. By Dr. Wm. Stimpson.. . . 364 



A Provisional Catalogue of Canadian Cryptogams 390 



Notes on the Meeting of British Association 409 



Notice of some New Genera and Species of Palaeozoic Fossils. By 



E. Billings, F.G.S 425 



The Natural History of the Sanguinaria Canadensis. By George D. 



Gibb, M.A., M.D., LL.D., F.G.S 432 



Observations on the Drift Phenomena of Labrador. By A. S. 



Packard, jr., M.D 441 



