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All this jiliitit tlicdiy, ;idv;mcod with tin; utmost contidunce, has 

 no evidence whatever except the assertion ol the author aud his 

 beliel" as to the imperfect ciiaracter of the observations ol' his 

 predecessors. The tbllowiiig extracts, kindly translated by our 

 colleague Dr. Sommer. will serve to show his mode of treatment : — 



■• I was ((Hiviiirrd (if ilir iiioruauic iiiiturc I'l Imizuuii, or at Ifust ol' 

 tlie fact tliat it t (.iiltl not lie an animal. i>ut tlir liiu- -Manal syHti-ms" 

 iis Dr. ('ai'iM'ntvT had iiuni*'<l tin in. wcic the ."oincc ot inn< li anxious 

 tlioiii;)il on my part, and tlii> was nt'crssarily nu^'Uicnlrd liy tin- t'ol- 

 lowin;; ronNidi'iatioii. of wliicl) 1 could not rid myst'lt'. -(JnciKK i.'^ 

 formed liy watt-r and tin r<toic a srdinnnlan ro< k. lis laytis of 

 linicstonc nmst contain tlic first oijianic cik losurcs : tor. life cannot 

 ]i»'ffin with llic silmian rocks. ' Tliis is a liypollH'sis, hut, like nuiny 

 others tliiit are true, one o) which I havi' not yet rid niysejl'.' 



" It happened, then, that I had to ;.;'o to Canada, in ( onsecpien* c ot 

 an invitation tVoni the Canadian (Jovcinniciit.* I visited l>i. Dawson 

 iiud then< e went to Cote St. I'ielle. Petit Nation, there I saw tin; 

 stratified layers and obtained a LTieat niinilM'r of jiieces of Ko/.ooiiic 

 Limestone tind of Koy,o(ini( specimens, (n my return I examined 

 the material. 'Die result of my examinati>ns I puhlisli here: the 

 l.iiiK'sloiif {ft' ihr I .nuiinlmn i 1 iuisk dJ Cnuii'hi. llu dLIisI sitlinii iihiiji sli'diii 

 ill oir iiiri/i. iiiiiliii IIS ii i^iiiit (ii\'/<iiiiziili'iii /ti'/diii/iiii/ III llu- Jiinnlij <ij ihe 

 A/i/n .'' 



••'I'ill now there have lieeu Imt few new species estalilislied dilTcr- 

 etit hum till- modern ; lait. 1 am persnailed. that hy ( (mtinual re- 

 searches, the iiiimlicr will soon he increased. All tin sc jdants. I found 

 fU'cldscd in the /rm •■ Kozooic liock," which I shall henceforth cull 

 /■'(i/ifii/f/ir fj'iitffiiiic. J shall draw attention to the words that my lion- 

 uraltle friend Dr. Dawson also used: "ail is not Kozoon ! f 



Then follows a deseription. condensed from ('anadian reports, 

 of the Jjaurenti.iii formation, after whicli occur tlie following 

 statements : — 



■• It is iiKduiprehensihle that on looking upon tiiis form, a |)laTit 

 did not occur to thi' mind, at once, it can <inly he explained thus: 

 that, at firtif, w hen such jiieces were not yet diseoverod, they wore so 

 ](re|)osses.st'd liy the iiha ol Koraminifeia. that it pervaded .ill their 

 invesii.uations : while the opponents, (myself included) arrived at 

 onee at the ohvious conclusion ; namely tliat not being animal it was 

 therefore mineral. " 



* Dr. Halm seems to have l)een employed on some mission con- 

 neeted with emiii ration from (Jermany. 



t'J'liis. I suppose, refers to tlie fact that I warned Dr. H. that he 

 woidd tind tlie irreater jiart of the T,aurentian limestone to In- desti- 

 tute of distintiuishahle Kozoon. 



