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for use without a handle. A novel implement found here which 

 may have been a scraper to hold in the hand, was of the form of 

 an ordinary bivalve shell with a bulbous swelling on each side 

 corresponding to the umbones of such a shell. The wood 

 scrapers were not of so definite a form as those found at Bocabec, 

 nor did they so frequently show proofs of use as scrapers. 



Knives and knife-flakes were common, and did not show 

 unusual forms, except one scymitre-shaped example, and one 

 larger and coarser than usual, having chipped edges. 



Among the relics found there were a few axes fitted for 

 mounting in with handles and one small war axe. Celts were 

 numerous, but many were of the rudest kind, and evidently 

 were boulders of suitable form which could be adapted for use 

 with very little preparatory chipping or grinding. 



At this camp eighteen persons were present, and instruction 

 was given in archology, geology, botany and microscopy. The 

 camp was under the management of the Seci-etary of the Society 

 — S. W. Kain — and the instructors were G. F. Matthew, W. D. 

 Matthew, and Frank Berton. 



The members were greatly indebted to the late J. S. Jewett 

 of Lakeville Corner, and his family, who extended their hospital- 

 ity to the members of the Society on their arrival, and aided 

 them in many ways during their stay. It was through Mr. 

 Jewett's instrumentality that a public hall was placed at the 

 disposal of the Society for lectures and class work. — G. F. M. 



Report on the Summer Camp at Lepreau Basin. 



(HeldJuly 1895). 



The neighborhood of Lepreau Basin affords excellent oppor- 

 tunities for the study of botany, marine zoology and geology, and 

 for this reason, as well as for the unusual facilities for laboratory 

 work and lodgings afforded to the Society through the liberality 

 of G. K. Hanson, Esq., Collector of Customs at Lepreau, was 

 chosen by the Council for the exploratory work of this summer. 

 This place is accessible by means of the Shore Line Railway to 

 Lepreau Station, whence a drive by stage of about four miles 

 brings one to the shores of the Basin. 



Lepreau Basin is a land-locked sheet of water, closed in from 

 the sea by a gravel beach and low cliffs of sandstone. At low 

 tide there are extensive sand flats in the basin, which are trav- 

 ersed by interrupted creeks and ponds, affording a refuge to the 

 marine animals which the risinc; tide bring into the basin. Outside 



