(;o.2 |„i J w KAWSON ON FHITT TKKKS CONTAINMNO ANIMAL 



speriiiifiis and mucli iiil'uiiiation rosnectitij; tin- coiidiliuiis of iucmiiuliit inn .il'tho 1,,m1s 

 and tho iiiaimiT of iMit.iiultim'iit oi'tlic ;iiiiiiial romaiiis. 



Thnr apimal ivjinrts have Ivcn made t<> tlio Society, detailiiij; Uie jilaii and |in.Lrre9s 

 111' the work. I inav liiTe iiuirl\ state tliat. after |irelimiiiary (•li'ariii},' and eA|iusuie 

 i>\' tlie aceessililo trees, mure espeiially in the reef extending; fioin (lie shuic .md 

 uiiCDViicd at low tide, the pi-eeise iKisitieii ofeaeli was maiked on (lie |. Ian and Nectiun. 

 The trees were then eaivfully taken (Uit and their eonteiit.s were t>Naniined. The 

 portions coiitaiiiii'.i: animal remains were preserved in as laro;e pieces as pi issililo, and 

 vere hoxed on the spot, the mateiial ofeaeli tree beinj; kept by itself. (In lieinj,' 

 taken to Montri'al, thi' wh'ile of the material was cleatied and examined and carefully 

 split np. I'aeh sinfaee heiiii,' seMitiui>ed with the lens tinder a stroiii; lif,dit. Thi' fissiis 

 f(iiind were aiarked. keepiiij,' toffother t!ie hones lielolijjiiio; to eai-li skelcliai, and were 

 exposed as far as possii)Ie with tine chisels and needle points. As the work procredcd. 

 drawings and photoj^'iaphs of the more inipoi\aiit lioties were made, more especially in 

 the cas(> of those which ran any risk ot lieini; daiiiai^ed in the di'velopmeiit of mi^ii- 

 lioiuini^- or niiderlvin'' iVamnents. Thi' pieces lieloimiiiL; (o each animal wei'e then 

 attached to caids or placed in se|iaiate drawers for stiidv. 'I'liis preliminary l.iljinir 

 necessarily reijuiied nniih time, aiid though the aceessilile trees were exliaiisted in 

 l^7'.i, the tiiial revision of the specimens and the niicid>eopic examination of the hones 

 and teeth li.ave liceii completed only in the pn.seiit vear. 



I may add that, unless adiliti'iiial .speciiiu'iis ari' I'Xposeil liy falls oi" the clilf. fnrthcr 

 ni;iteriil of this kind cm he ohtaincd only liv mininjf in the (l-iiich coal siiiiiiortinir 



t, ». o lie 



I he trees, and its rout. 



In the f 'llowin;; pap's I propose {<> notice as shortly as is consistent with clearnesK, 

 the new ficls ul)taincd fiMiii the sludv of these interestiiiir fossils, undi'r the foljdwinn- 

 heads;— 



1. (lenjnnioal relations ol'the he^K eMnt.ainiiio- the fossil iferoiis trees. 



•_'. ( 'haracter and contents ..ft he trees 



'•>. Description of the iiiehuled animal remains. 



1. (ii;o!,o(,ic Ai. Ui:[..\TiONs OK Tin: I'.i.ds. 



The heds in .[lustion l.elun- to Cn.up XV. of Division 4 of the section of the South 

 dognins, tahnlated hy Sir W. K. hn,,.\N and the writer. ^^ The detailed sequence of 

 the he.ls tnore immediately connected with the fossillfcr.ais trees, as noted in the 

 course of the recent explorations, is as follows, in descen.lin- nrder ; the dii- of the 

 lieds lieingS. ;]u W., at an an-le of ;!-J\ 



' Acadian Geology,' pp. loO to I'.'-J. 



