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stone, of diorite, granites and gneisses were seen imbedded 

 in an arenaceous matrix and associated with the remains of 

 marine shells above enumerated. At Moore's Corners, a little 

 to the south-east of Galetta, the Geological section examined an 

 interesting sand and clay terrace which was found to hold also 

 remains of sea shells. Macoiiia fra^iiis, Fabricius and Saxicava 

 rugvsa Linnaens were the only two species observed but they occur 

 in great abundance. In the bottom of the valley of the Mississippi 

 river, the Archaean rocks are beautifully striated and glaciated 

 wherever a fresh outcrop occurs. These glaciated Archaean 

 rocks are themselves overlain by " boulder elay " or " till." Over 

 the " boulder clay " we found stratified sands, probably of marine 

 origin, and these sands in tnrn overlain by marine clays. No 

 fossil remains were found in the clays or underlying sands but 

 in the uppermost sands the marine shells occurred. Below the 

 village of Galetta the glacial striae were observed by Mr. Wilson 

 to run in a general north-west and south-east direction. The 

 drift boulders were all Archaean. 



On behalf of the section of botany Principal Honeyman 

 followed and in the course of his remarks stated how 

 pleased he was to be a member of the Club. It was the 

 first excursion which he had attended as yet but he had 

 enjoyed himself and obtained quite a scries of plants which he 

 had not formerly in his herbarium. His former field of botanical 

 studies was in the Richmond district of the Eastern Townships 

 of Quebec. The plants observed this day, were most interesting 

 and comprise the following : 



Kaniinculaceae. 

 Anemone Pennsylvanica, Ranunculus acris, 



R. Pennsylvanicus, R. Flammula var, reptans. 



Conipositae. 



Artemisia vulgaris, Bidens cernua, 



Helenium autumnale, Erigeron Canadense, 



E. Philadelphicum, Achillaea millefolium, 



Anthemis Cotula, Taraxacum dens-leonis. 



