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Ottawa, and were placed in my hands ; while specimens 

 of wood found at different times in the Leda clay of 

 Montreal were also placed by me in the Peter Kedpath 

 museum. 



The interesting deposits at Scarboro' heights and else- 

 where on Lake Ontario were described by Dr. J. G. Hinde 

 in the Canadian Journal in 1877, and he notices the 

 following plants as found by him : 



Wood of pine and cedar. 



Portions of leaves of rushes, etc. 



Seeds of various plants. 



Hypnum commutatum. 



H. revolvens. 



Fontinalis. 



Bryum. 



Chara, sp. 



More recently Mr. J. Townsend, of Toronto, was so 

 fortunate as to find leaves and fragments of wood, with 

 shells of Melania and Cyclas, in beds apparently of the 

 same age, in excavations in progress on the River Don, at 

 Toronto. 



The section observed at this place is given as follows 

 by Mr. Townsend : 



The locality of the principal vegetable specimens was 

 150 feet from the bank of the Don, and in a cutting 70 

 feet deep. The section showed 26 feet of fine light- 

 colored sand, with layers of clay at bottom. Below this 

 were 24 feet of tough stratified blue clay, the "Erie clay" 

 of the region. At the base of this clay is a seam of 

 reddish ferruginous sand, about three feet thick, and witli 

 argillaceous nodules, in which was the maple leaf de- 

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