464 THE CANADIAN NATDRALIST. [DeC. 



TO THE LIBRARY. 



Keliquise Aquitanicae ; Parts 8 and 9 ; from the executors of 

 the late Henry Christy. 



Discoveries in Science by the Medical Philosopher, by Sir G. 

 Duncan Gibb, Bart., M.A. ; from the Author. 



Queries on the Red Sandstone of Vermont and its Relations 

 to other Rocks, by Rev. John B. Perry ; from the Author. 



Annual Report of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., with the Report 

 of the Diiector ; from the Trustees. 



Annuaire de PUniversite Laval pour I'Annee Academique 

 1869-70, Quebec ; from the University. 



Report of the Minister of Public Instruction of the Province 

 of Quebec for the year 1867 and in part of the year 1868 ; from 

 the Education Office. 



General Report of the Minister of Public Works for the year 

 ending June 30, 1868, Ottawa; from the Dominion Government. 



The Spiders of Prussia, by A. Menge ; from the Author. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Principal Dawson read a paper " On some New Fossil Plants, 

 &c., from Gaspe," of which the following summary is presented : 



" The Peninsula of Gaspe, between the St. Lawrence and the 

 Bay des Chaleurs, is of no small note in the history and geology 

 of Canada. It was the first point in Canada at which Cartier 

 touched in his first voyage ; and, after availing himself of 

 anchorage in Gaspe Bay and holding intercourse with the 

 Micmacs, he prepared to prosecute his voyage up the mighty river 

 of which he had learned from the Indians ; but, opposed by the 

 strong west winds of autumn, he abandoned the attempt, and 

 bore away for France, leaving the exploration of the St. Lawrence 

 for his second voyage. Gaspe had the honour to be the first part 

 of Canada explored by the Geological Survey under Sir William 

 Logan, when the geology of the peninsula was found to be most 

 interesting and varied. At Cape Rosier the geologist sees the 

 contorted shales of the Quebec group, which run all the way 

 along the south side of the St. Lawrence from Quebec to this 

 ■poiot. Passing toward Cape Bon Ami, the limestones of the 

 Upper Silurian rest unconformably on these Lower Silurian beds, 

 and rise into stupendous cliffs, 600 feet in perpendicular height, 



