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who, from 1869 to 1872, published several articles on the same- 

 subject. Papers of more or less importance relating to the gold 

 of Nova Scotia, have also been printed by Mr. C. Fred Hartt in 

 1864 and by Mr. H. F. Perley in 1865, both in the Canadian 

 Naturalist of Montreal, and by Professors Marsh in 183 L and 

 Silliman in the American Journal of Science. 







Among contributors to the literature pertaining to the coal- 

 fields of the province, in addition to those already referred to, may 

 be mentioned Mr. H. Poole who contributed two papers, one in 

 the Journal of the Geological Society of' London, 1853, the other 

 in the Canadian Naturalist in 1860, and Professor J. P. Lesley, 

 whose elaborate article on the stiucture of the Cape Breton areas 

 was published in the American Journal of Science for 1863. . 



From the pen of the late Dr. H. How of Windsor, several 

 valuable articles appeared between 1857 and 1866, principally in 

 the Transactions of the N. S. Institute of Natural Science. These, 

 for the most part, described the occurrence of valuable and some- 

 times rare minerals, found at different places in the province. 

 Various publications, more particularly relating to the occurrence 

 and determination of fossils from various localities have also 

 appeared from time to time, both in the official reports of the 

 Geological Survey and in various scientific journals, and represent 

 the work of Messrs E Billings, T. C. Weston, D. Honeyrnan, H. 

 Poole, H. M. Ami and others. These can only be thus briefly 

 alluded to, since the aim of this paper has been to give broadly 

 some slight sketch of the leading workers in this field, and a brief 

 statement of the results of their labours. The details of the sub- 

 ject may well be left to others, who through a moie intimate 

 acquaintance with the progress of geological science in the 

 province, both as regards men and localities, are better fitted 

 than the writer for the task of elaboration. 



