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APPENDIX. 



REPORT ON THE SUMMER CAMP AT QUACO. 



Held July 1-10, 189. 



In past years the Society has held Hummer Camps at different 

 points of scientific interest in the province, the object being twofold — 

 (1) to enable members to acquire experience in field work, (2) to 

 stimulate, in the localities visited, an interest in the study of nature. 



In July last a camp was held at Quaco, this village having been 

 selected as presenting a number of advantages for our purposes. About 

 thirty persons attended, and in every way the camp was a success. 

 The residents of Quaco attended the evening lectures, and a strong 

 interest was aroused in our work. Lectures were given by President 

 G. U. Hay, Dr. G. F. Matthew, Prof. L. W. Bailey, Prof. A. W. Duff, 

 and Dr. W. F. Ganong. Field work was carried on daily under the 

 different leaders, and many important observations were made on the 

 geology, physiography, and botany of the sui rounding region. 



Professor Bailey and Dr. Matthew led the geological parties, 

 President Hay and Dr. Ganong had charge of the botanists, and 

 Professor Duff carried on tidal observations in the harbor. Messrs. 

 Berton and Rowe made a collection of the small mammals, reptiles 

 and batrachians. The camp was under the management of the Secre- 

 tary of the Society, Percy G. Hall, and valuable local assistance was 

 rendered by our resident members — Dr. Gilmour and Geo. J. Trueman. 



Report on the Geological Data obtained at Quaco — 

 Summer Camp of 1897. 



By Dr. Geo. F. Matthew. 



The fine exposures along the coast at Quaco in sea-cliffs of varying 

 height, give excellent opportunities for studying the geology of that 

 district. Here only, in all New Brunswick, is there a formation of the 

 Mesozoic, or Reptilian Age, of sufficient extent and thickness to repre- 

 sent in any adequate degree the strata of vast extent in many regions 

 of the earth, which tell the story of this important portion of the 

 world's past history. 



