DR. ARCHIBALD GESNER — A niO(;RAPHICAL SKETCH. 11 



the scholars from a great band of waifs from the street, 

 who had collected on the outside and were clamoring for 

 something to eat. It was not long before the doctor had 

 a barrel well packed with provisions thrown over the 

 fence to the great delight and satisfaction of those out- 

 side, although they did not belong to a Sunday-school, 

 as it broke on the ground and scattered its dainties far 

 and wide. 



Dr. Gesner lies buried in Camp Hill cemetery, Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia. 



Dr. Gesner's Reports on the Geology of New Brunswick are 

 now difficult to obtain. Prof. L. W. Bailey and Dr. G. F. 

 Matthew each possess a full set, the Library of Parliament has 

 the third report, Boston Public libraiy two or three reports, 

 Boston Society of Natural History two or three reports, Har- 

 vard has none, and Prof. W. F. Ganong has the first report. 

 The reports were issued as follows : 



First Report on the Geological Survey of New Brunswick, 1839, 



Henry Chubb, St. John, 87 pages. 

 Second Report on the Geological Survey of New Brunswick, 



1840, 76 pages, eleven woodcuts. 



Third Report on the Geological Survey of New Brunswick, 



1841, 80 pages, nine woodcuts. 



Fourth Report on the Geological Survey of New Brunswick, 



1842, 101 pages, eight woodcuts. 

 Topographical and Geographical Report, 1843, 88 pages. 



The size of the page is five by eight inches. 



Dr. Gesner's geological map of New Brunswick, now the 

 property of the Natural History Society, embodies the observa- 

 tions contained in Reports 1-3. 



