PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 
OF THE 
Bova Scotian Institute of Natural Science, 
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 
VOL. VI. 625d. 1889-90. : PART IV. 
CONTENTS. 
‘PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION, 1889-90..........0. 0.2.05. 313 
el ematNIE NTR MIESICHN 6 Soe 5 osteo ee oe Pt nee we atts Don a he | Fae Res Brat 
Orenine Appress. By Prof. J. re MacGregor, President. ..... 00. ve. e a. 319 
"TRANSACTIONS: _ 
Art. I.— Glacial Geology of Cape Breton. By the late Rev. D. Honey- 
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TE FeAd PRL os Oped ip, Pee Ri RI Be Mees acd bear aan RO Pa Sat Sec a eee pet 337 
I. —Geological Gleanings i in Noe Scotia and Cape Breton. By the 
SMEN SAN caraglie Sl vige'S Bte Secid 6 ek i GAG OA NL head WS Gag. A Saree pate Os 3) 
IL. —The Geological W ritings of Rev. D. Honeyman, D.C. L. By “ 
rt anise Ss AMSA Sy tras cease ete Sere PR ul tla clei ealils msl oot 357 
Iv: —Potassic lodide as a Blowpipe Reagent: By Fred. A. Bowman, 
RN, Sonata ne ie cies iis Le Beg als cee cane cams ed ape Reb 363 
— On the Relative Bulk of Aqueous Solutions of certain Hydrox- 
ides and their Constituent Water. (With a piste.) By 
" Protx t.0G: MacGroper tak sass ah oe 80k Bese os we bas he 368 
ivE —On a Noteworthy Case of the Occurrence of Ice in the form of 
Non-Crystalline Columns. By-the same.............0...4. 377 
“Vit. —The Devonian of Cape Breton. (With a plate, )_ my, K. Gilpin, 
Sea RE Fay Ae) OE Us BOE RR oath A ode TSP a av tie price ae ere 381 — 
VII, —Surface Geology of the Pictou Coal Field. . By a. S. Poole, 
PGE Bor en G eee abn dart, Baie waal ie. soe a Ca 388 
an —Our Fishes and their Hineiaiess By Rev. J lie ‘Arabrose, D.C.L. 394 
 X- J ohn Robert Willis, the First Nova Scotian Conchologist: A : 
~~ Memorial. Edited by W. F. Ganong, A. M. (Including : 
_ His Life, by H. Piers; A Bibliographical and Critical Notice _ 
ree Sy 5 of his Published ‘Papers,. by. W. FE. Ganong ; 3; and a Reprint _- 
jeeee! i sof hie st Nova Scotia ets) wei nae Poe een Ps ele 404 
_ _XE.—Our Common Roads. (With a plate.) By M. Murphy, Ce Ee. 429 
- XT, —Nova Scotian Fungi. By J. Somers, M.D...........-..00055 464 
O. aes on Nova Scotian Zoology. By Harry Piers ..... ..... 467 — 
XIV.—A Contribution to the ‘Theory, of Earthquakes. By Revi Mk a4 
% ~ Maury, D. Diy, GAPS Pita Be aa CON WCE BU vid Sa tiate sk oa 475 
x -—-Observations on 1 the ‘Tentacles of the Echinus. (With a plate.) he 
See SBiy: ther sabipy ie toes fe) ola ocr eo cad Rese vnee. 479 
XvE Lay ote on the a ereation’ ob Density with Concentration in Weak 
ie a _ Aqueous Solutions. of Cobalt PerEnnte By AL M, Morri- 
son, B. ee sean ep aise ed Chik take Bnd. « oigiecs Bene aioe Fort es 481 
NSTITUTIONS TO WHICH ‘Corms OF VoL. VIL, Parr iit, OF THE 
Oh J PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS HAVE BEEN SENT Ror. mea 485 
iat Gus Iypex. to Vous. I-VII or THe PRroceepines AND TRANSACTIONS 
+S ike Auict OF THE tN ova ee: Instrrure OF NatuRaL Science ee ark ote 495 
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