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bmilders, lyiiit,' on tlu! reef in fjoiit of the villai,^.', were 

 visililc! ill low wiitcr some twenty years ut^o: the base and 

 iniiiiv var(|s of the; reel' hcn'ond are now exposed to view. 

 A hij^h ridoe of shingle and sand in rear of the vilhij^o 

 repi'esents tiie oM lieach. The hones of a whaU; were 

 found on this heaeh. .Vt MaedonaM's euve, Mi*. Afac- 

 donahl, (tiie of the ohlest resid(Mit,s, infoi"nied nie : 'This 

 hay is filhng up so fast that it will soon he dry land. I 

 renienil)er, when I first came here, there were about two 

 or three feet of water where you now stand.' At Ellis 

 l)av, about twelve miles from Kn«dish bav villa'a', evidenecj 

 also was obtained of the jfradual ele\iition of the island." 



The collection contains the following species, all of 

 them previously known in the IMeistocene of other parts 

 of Canada, and occurring as recent species in the cohhir 

 waters of the gulf and river St. Lawrence : 



Buccinimi inulatuiii, L., var. /ahradoricinn. A small and 

 somewhat short specimen, ])rol)ably not fidly grown. 



i^. glaci(ili\ L. A decorticated shell, ])robably this species. 



Tro])]to)i r/a/hraftoii, L. (7'. xnihn'iforiiic, (rould). \ well- 

 developed sj)ecimen. 



JVadca ((//in is. One yonng shell. 



3Ii/a arciHD'io.., L. Shells of nKxlerate size, some of them 

 distorted. 



Myd tnotcafa, L., var. inhJevaknsis. The short arctic 

 variety, and one of them of unusually large size. 



Macoma calcari'd, Chem. Large specimens. 



Macoma grmnlamUai, L. One small valve. 



Saxiaava nujosa, L. Well-developed s[)eoimens and a})[)ar- 

 ently common. 



Astarte hanksii, Leach. One valve. 



Bala n n s even a tus, L. 



Bhynchonclla 2^sittacea,\,. „ ^ 



