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CONTENTS. 



Introduction 5 



Present status of Sable Island 



History 



Early history 7 



First Humane Establishment, 1801 17 



Diminishing size of Sable Island 18 



Changes in Wallace Lake 23 



Zoology 



The endemic fresh-water sponge 25 



Ipswich Sparrow 25 



Native and introduced animals 27 



Sable Island ponies 28 



Botany 



Early botanical records 32 



Plant habitats 39 



Phytogeography 44 



Forestry experiments 47 



Catalogue of the vascular plants 56 



List of abbreviations 98 



List of new species, varieties, and forms 98 



Tabular statement of families, genera, species, varieties, and 



forms of the native or adventive flora 99 



Bibliography 101 



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