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and New Brunswick, for the discovery of the pre- 

 decessors of the Olenellus fauna, and the forms of 

 life connecting these with those known in the 

 Huronian and Laurentian. [For summaries of facts 

 on the last-mentioned subject, see Report of Dr. G. 

 M. Dawson on the Kamloops map-sheet, in "Reports 

 of Geological Survey of Canada," vol. vii. B, new 

 series, pp. 29 et seq. ; also Reports of Dr. C. D. 

 Walcott, U. S. Geological Survey, vol. xiv.. Part I., 

 pp. 103 et seq.^ and Part II., pp. 503 et seq.] 



B. Preservation of Organic Remains by 

 Injection with Hydrous Silicates. 



The late Dr. T. Sterry Hunt contributed to the 

 original paper on Eozoon in the Journal of the 

 Geological Society, a valuable essay on the minerali- 

 zation of fossils by serpentine, glauconite, and 

 allied hydrous silicates. This was in part reprinted 

 in the notes appended to one of the chapters of 

 "The Dawn of Life," and the subject was further 

 discussed by Hunt in his invaluable work, " Chemi- 

 cal and Geological Essays," and more especially in 

 the chapter on the " Origin of Crystalline Rocks," a 



