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Several visits were made to Oak Bay in company with George A. 

 Boardman and Dr. Todd, of St. Stephen's, New Brunswick. 



]so. 2.—Cohscoo1c Bay, Washington County, Maine; Farm of Levi Ral- 

 lowell.—Th\^ point was reached by water from Bastport, Me., and is Ave 

 miles south of Denysville. It is on a narrow, sloping point, running 

 sharply into the bay and cut away at the water's edge. The sur- 

 face is about feet above the level of high tide. The edge has been 

 much worn away by the water, and probably at one time extended con- 

 siderably beyond its present position. The shells were much brolcen in 

 the beds. The abundance of roots of trees rendered digging very diffi- 

 cult. The shells formed a layer of from 6 to 20 inches below the surface 

 of the sod. Bones were very abundant, especially those of the moose 

 and beaver. Stone arrows and flint flakes, &c., were also very numer- 

 ous. The area of the bed is about 30 feet by 20, and gives rise to a de- 

 cided swell in the slope. At other points in the neighborhood there 

 are thin seams of shells in the sod, much mixed with charcoal and black 

 earth, without any bones. I made several visits to this locality, and a 

 more extended exploration was made by Mr. Gardiner, of Eastport, who 

 presented his collections to the Kational Museum. 



;No. 3. — CohscooTc Bay, Washington County, Maine; South Bay, at the 

 southern end of Long Lsland. — This bed is at some distance from the 

 water and was not very productive. It is situated on a high bank, sloping 

 gradually to the water, and terminating abruptly. Much of it has been 

 washed away. There appears to have been one continuous layer, cover- 

 ing about 30 or 40 feet by 20 with outlying hummocks. The sod is five 

 or six inches thick, succeeded by a bed of large unbroken shells, with little 

 or no dirt within eight or ten inches of the top. A few stone arrows 

 were obtained here, but not many bones — none to warrant further ex- 

 ploration. 



No. 4. — Grand Menan, Neiv Brunsivick; Grand Harbor — Grand Menan 

 is situated about 20 miles from Eastport. This was found to contain 

 many deposits of small shell heaps ; no beds, however, were very exten- 

 sive. Those at Newton's Point and Ingall's Head, in Grand Harbor, 

 were found to be the most productive locaUties. 



The shells were much broken and mixed ^ith dirt. Where the bed 

 reached the water's edge it was about 40 feet wide and 10 inches thick. 

 The only mammals observed were seals, some beaver, many bones of birds 

 and a few of fishes were obtained. Stone articles were abundant ; many 

 arrows, flint flakes, &c. A few worked bones of the beaver were secured. 

 No. 5. — Grand Menan; Nantucket Lsland. — This is the residence of 

 Simeon L. Cheney, the well known naturalist of Grand Menan, whose 

 assistance to many American naturalists has been so often gratefully 

 acknowledged. 



No. 6. — Grand Menan, Cheney Lsland, near Whitehead Lsland. — The 

 shells in the last two localities occur on the south side of the island in 

 detached heajis or hummocks, containing each from half a bushel to tlu'ee 

 or four bushels, not connected by any layers. They are usually high up 



