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Your leaders also report special interest taken in the 

 geological section at the three general excursions of the Club 

 held during the year. ' 



Chelsea, Que. — The first place visited was Chelsea, Que., a 

 station along the Ottawa & Gatineau Valley Railway. Both Dr. 

 Ami and Mr. W. J. Wilson were present and took part in 

 the discussions and gave addresses after the day's outing on re- 

 assembling in Gilmour's Grove. The marine shells of the 

 terraces which flank the Laurentide hills at this point were care- 

 fully described and specimens of Saxicava rugosa, Maconia 

 fragUis and Balanus cre?iatus, were exhibited and distributed to 

 many who were not fortunate enongh to join the geologists. 

 General notes on the Archaean rocks were also given by the 

 leaders. The altitude of the Chelsea station, above tide or sea 

 level is feet, and the marine shells came from about the 



same level. 



Rockland Quarries.— The second general excursion of the 

 •Club was essentially a geological one, when the Rockland 

 quarries were visited. Messrs. D. B. Dowling and W. J. Wilson, 

 of the Geological staff, led the party and answered the various 

 questions put to them by the members and excursionists present. 

 The large amount of rock-material excavated from the quarries 

 was greatly admired and the large and beautiful blocks of fine- 

 grained and compact limestone were examined. To Mr. A. 

 Stewart and W. C. Edwards, Esq., M.P., the Club again owes a 

 debt of gratitude for favours received during the day; to Mr, 

 Edwards for kindly placing his steamer at the disposal of our 

 C\uh gr alls, a.nd to Mr. Stewart for permission to inspect his 

 quarries as wellas for refreshments served to all on arriving at 

 the quarries. 



Galetta, Ont. — This excursion was truly a naturalists' fiel^- 

 day, and the results of the geological researches have already 

 been embodied in the OTTAWA NATURALIST, Vol. X, No. 7, p. 

 142, for October, 1896, so that it will not be necessary to go into 

 any further details at this time. 



During the month of October a very interesting and never- 



