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By 'ivny of introductio!] to these notes, I may state tliat tlii> 

 veailer will liiid somio account of tlio ciuious ami iiiterestiiiu' 

 animals to which the iiapor relates, wifli figures ol" characteristic 

 cxaiiiples, in ^'ol. IV, i.^w series, of this Journal, pa-o 41:] ; aii.l 

 that several species found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence liavc been 

 catalo-ued ];y Trincipiil Pawson, in the same Journal, W.]. A', 

 page ]SS (f s.q. The fallowing tables give, however, the only 

 approach to a complete view of the species and their disfribution 

 liitlicrto attempted. 



Many of the deeper samples were small quantities of mud 

 brought up iu sounding, bj Capt. Orlebar, I{.X., „f the Coast 

 .Survey, and by him kindly presented to ])i-. Dawson. 



The specimens iVom Labrador were obtained from material 

 dredged^ by the oillcers of the Geological Survey; those from 

 Prince Edward Ishmd, were from a specimen sccur(!d by ('. llc.bb, 

 Esq.; and those from the P>ank of Newfoundland, were obtained 

 I'rom the late Sheriff Dickson, of Kingston. 



The somewhat extensive series from Gaspe Bay was obtained 

 during a dredging expedition iu tiie summer of LSCD, The mud 

 Avas sampled when brought up by the dredgv, and reserved f.ir 

 • ■xamination, the depth being uscertaincd as carefully as ]>ossible. 

 Several wvy rich and interc-Jing samples are also from the 

 <l_redgings of Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, F.G.S., in Gaspe and its 

 vicinity. :\rr. Whiteaves has also gone over this material with 

 care, and has detected f-ome additional species. 



The means were unfortunately not at hand for areertainiug the 

 temperature at the bottom. JJut, though there is reason to 



