MIOCENE TERTIARY ROCKS — WESTON. 227 



Anotlier interesting specimen is one of the rami of a large 

 flesh-eating animal allied to the Hyaena, a portion of one of the 

 canine teeth of this powerful and ferocious animal measures one 

 and a half inches in diameter. 



I shall only mention one other species belonging to the animal 

 kingdom, out of the twenty-five described by Prof. Cope, viz., An- 

 chifheriuvi Westonii, portions of the jaw of an extinct horse wdiich 

 could not have been as large as a Newfoundland dog, as this was 

 found in the same lieds (b of section) as the flesh-eating Hemi- 

 psalodon gravdis, Cope. We may presume our little horse must 

 have had a tough time keeping clear of this savage Ijeast. 



Fossil Invertebrates. 



While no leaves or grasses have been found associated with 

 these bone beds, silicified wood is every where abundant, and 

 portions of the trunks of trees measuring two feet in diameter 

 show on the weathered surface the lines of growth which at 

 once prove them to be exogenous. Many microscopic sections 

 from the various specimens collected have been prepared l)y the 

 writer. These have been examined and reported on by Sir J. 

 W. Dawson, who recognizes among those from b to a of section, 

 Popidus, Carya and ULmiun. 



Superficial Deposits. 



In the superficial deposits of the Cypress Hills, a fine quartzite 

 spear-head, an arrow-head, and many chippings show that the 

 aborigines utilized the pebbles of the Miocene conglomerates in 

 the construction of their weapons of war and the chase. These 

 w^ere associated with fragments of utensil and pipe pottery. They 

 were with the excejDtion of the quartz spear-head all found in a 

 cut bank two feet below tlie surface. 



Now that these rocks can be reached in a day and a half from 

 the Canadian Pacific Railway, we may expect to see other inter- 

 esting fossil remains from this locality. 



