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Deposits. This was the substance of a paper which will also be found in the 
Transactions. 
His Honor the LinurENANT GOVERNOR then made some complimentary - 
observations on the Addresses delivered, and referred to the valuable work of 
the Institute, as illustrated by its Volumes of Proceedings and Transactions 
published. By means of its publications the Institute has been instrumental in 
disseminating reliable information on the Natural History of Nova Scotia in all 
its branches. Hehad just been enabled to meet the demands of Kew Gardens for 
ipformation regarding the Botany cf the Province, by the gift of a series of 
Papers published in the Zranscetrons. 
ORDINARY Mertina, Dalhousie College, Dec. 8, 1879. 
The PRESIDENT tn the Char. 
Inter alia. 
Dr. J. BERNARD GILPIN made some observations on specimens of supposed 
rude pottery found in and around Grand Lake. The specimens belong to the 
Provincial Museum. Their forms are so singular as to occasion a diversity of 
opinion regarding their character and origin. Dr. HoNeyMAN, who furnished 
the specimens, has no doubt whatever that they were made by man, and that they 
are prehistoric remains. Some of them are of regular and rather elegant shape. 
The basis on which they have been formed are stones-—quartzite or argillite. 
The other material seems to have been constructed by successive layers of 
clay (?) so that the interior of the articles have a concentric appearance—the 
outside is somewhat smooth. They are somewhat firm when wet, when dry they 
are very fragile. When the Lake has the water at the usual height they are said 
to be seen lying at a depth of six feet or more. Some consider them to be 
concretionary, or natural forms. The stony nucleus or basis is always exposed ; 
when the form is saucer shaped it constitutes the bottom. Their mode of 
occurrence and other matters will be fully investigated in the next dry and 
favorable season. ; 
Dr. GiLPrn also exhibited a drawing of an unknown mammal. It was 
supposed to be an adézno dormouse. [t was found at Annapolis last summer. 
Dr. Lawson gaye an interesting account of his investigation of a very thick 
deposit of diatomaceous clay found in the Lakes of Halifax Water Works. He 
illustrated the character of diatom structure and mode of growth on the 
blackboard, and by the microscope. 
He also exbibited specimens of Cotton, Rice, and Palmetto which had been 
brought lately from the Southern States by Mr. ANDREW JACK. 
It was announced that Prof. DeEMILLE and W. H. Neat had been elected 
members. 
ORDINARY Mb&eETING, Dalhousie College, Jan. 26, 1880. 
The PRESIDEN? in the Chair. 
Inter alva. 
Dr. GILPIN exhibited the Cub of a Bear, which was regarded as of peculiar 
interest. An account of it will be found in the Transactions. 
