VI CONTENTS. 



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River. Slave River. River of the Mountains. Noh'- 

 hanne Bute. Great Bear Lake - - - 199 



Yukon Valley. Yukon or Kwichpack. Volcanic Chain 

 of Alaska. Coal. Fossil Bones - 205 



No. II. 



CLIMATOLOGY. 



Snow Line. Ground Ice. Thermometrical Observations 

 in the Valley of the St. Lawrence. Comparative Tem- 

 perature of the Two Sides of the Continent. Pheno- 

 mena of the Seasons at Penetanguishene : At Fort 

 William : At Fort Vancouver. Thermometrical Obser- 

 vations in the Valley of the Saskatchewan. On the East 

 and West Sides of the Continent in that Parallel. Phe- 

 nomena of the Seasons at Cumberland House : At Carl- 

 ton House : At Marten's Falls on Albany River. Ther- 

 mometrical Observations on the Missinipi and in the 

 same Parallels on the East and West Sides of the Con- 

 tinent. Thermometrical Observations in the Valleys . 

 of the Mackenzie, Yukon, and Pelly. Progress of the 

 Seasons at Fort Franklin. Thermometrical Observations 

 on the Arctic Seas. General Remarks. Nocturnal 

 Radiation - - - - - - 212 



No. III. 



ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OP PLANTS NORTH 

 OP THE 49th PARALLEL OF LATITUDE. 



Generic and Specific Forms of Plants decrease in Number 

 as the Latitude increases. Analogy between Altitude 

 and Increase of Latitude. Culture of the Vine. Of the 

 Cerealia. Maize. Wheat. Oats. Barley. Potatoes. 

 Botanical Districts. Their Physiognomy. Woodland 

 District. Barren Grounds. Prairies. Rocky Mountains. 



