48 THE CANADIAN NATURALISE'. [Marcll 



the grey sandstones yield here and there some land which, on 

 cultivation, might supply a few of the wants of a mining popula- 

 tion. The lake itself, however, with its abundant supply of 

 beautiful fish, would do far more to furnish food for the miners 

 than any farms which it might be possible to establish on shore. 

 The timber upon the location, although seldom of a size to furnish 

 good saw-logs, would nevertheless be abundant for mining purposes. 

 Balsam, spruce, cedar, and birch predominate. There are a few 

 pines and poplars, and in the north-east part some tamarac. 

 Maple is absent altogether. Since, therefore, the location is 

 comparatively valueless for farming and lumbering purposes, it is 

 to be hoped that the development of its mineral wealth will be 

 taken in hand in a vigorous but judicious manner and carried to 

 a successful issue. The only considerable mining settlement yet 

 made in the district of Algoma — that of Bruce Mines— owes its 

 establishment to the enterprise and money (however injudiciously 

 expended) of the Montreal Mining Co. May their exertions 

 towards creating a remunerative industry in this barren region 

 be, in the future, attended with more substantial rewards to the 

 adventurers than heretofore. 



Actonvale, February 20th, 1869. 



ON THE MARINE MOLLUSC A OF EASTERN 

 CANADA. 



By J. F. "VThiteaves, F.G.S., etc. 

 Our knowledge of the distribution of the mai-ine mollusca in 

 Lower Canada is still very limited. In 1858 Principal Dawson 

 published in this Journal (vol. iii., p. 329) a list of shells 

 collected by him in Gaspe Bay ; the number of species recorded 

 is thirty-eight. In 1859 Prof. II . Bell gave a list of sixty-seven 

 marine molluscs, collected in various parts of the Gulf of the 

 St. Lawrence (see vol. iv., p. 197) ; a few of these were pro- 

 cured in New Brunswick. Since that time some additional 

 species have been collected by ot'jer observers. In August, 1867, 

 through the kindness of Messrs. John Luce and G. De Carteret, 

 of the firm of W. Frewen & Co., I was enabled to carry on 

 careful dredging operations at Grande Greve, in Gaspe Bay. In 

 this paper it is proposed — 1st, to give a list of the species 



