TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION C. 481 
The Klondike lies in an unglaciated area, and the richness of its gold- 
bearing gravels*is due to long-continued erosion and concentration of 
Pre-Cambrian schists earrying small stringers of auriferous quartz rather 
than to the exceptional richness of any lodes from which these gravels were 
derived. 
In Eastern Canada placer deposits were worked for a short time in 
the valley of the Chaudiere River, in the Province of Quebec, but as a 
general rule rich placers are not to be expected in that country, for it 
has been severely glaciated, and any gravel deposits which may be present 
in it have been almost entirely formed from the reassorting of boulder-clays 
by water, while gravels derived exclusively from the wearing down of 
restricted areas of auriferous rocks are conspicuously absent. 
5. The Rare Metals of Canada. By Professor T. L. Watker, Ph.D. 
6. Exhibition of the Material described as Geyserite from the Mount 
Morgan Mine, Queensland. By Professor J. W. Grecory, F.R.S. 
7. Topographical and Geological Terms in Local Use in South Africa. 
By Cuarpes F. Juritz, A4., D.Sc. LLC. 
On pages 291-296 of the 1908 Report of the British Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science appears a glossary of geological and topographical terms 
commonly employed in South Africa, inserted as the Report of a Special Com- 
mittee appointed to determine the precise significance of such terms. As the 
list contains a few errors it may perhaps be permitted me to draw attention to 
these, seeing that it is obviously desirable that a glossary of this nature should 
possess the merit of perfect reliability. 
‘Bosch’ (p. 291) means ‘a wood,’ but it does not mean ‘a bush,’ except 
where the latter term is used as a synonym for ‘ wood.’ The proper translation 
for ‘bush’ is ‘bos.’ Thus the rhinoceros bush, as it is called (Hlytropappus 
rhinocerotis) goes by the name of ‘rhenoster bos,’ but ‘ Assegai Bosch’ would 
denote a forest composed of what are in Cape Colony known as ‘ Assegai trees * 
(Curtisia faginea). 
In the last line of p. 291 ‘ Blaauw’ (meaning ‘ blue’) is incorrect: it should 
be spelt ‘ Blauw.’ 
The plural of ‘ duin ’ (p. 292) is ‘ duinen,’ not ‘duien.’ ‘Castle’ in Dutch is 
* Kasteel,’ not ‘ Kastrel,’ as printed on p. 292 (last line). 
i" The word ‘Gouph’ I have invariably heard pronounced ‘ Cope ’—never 
‘oop.’ 
I am glad to see that the very common error ° Krantz’ is pilloried ; but the 
correction itself is incorrect, inasmuch as ‘ Kranz’ is put forward instead as good 
orthography. 
‘Naauwte,’ like ‘ Blaauw,’ should have only one ‘a.’ 
With regard to ‘ plaat’ (p. 294), I must express my belief that the etymology 
there given is quite erroneous. The correct spelling of the word used by way of 
illustration is, to the best of my knowledge, ‘ Klipplaats,’ which means literally 
“Stone Place.’ There is no granite within hundreds of miles of the locality 
called by that name; the reference is obviously to a part of the country where 
many pebbles lie loosely scattered about. 
“Portje’ should be spelt ‘ Poortje.’ 
*Sluit ’ deserves the pillory quite as much as ‘ Krantz.’ It is a most egregious 
misapplication. ‘The word spelt as above is a verb, and means ‘ to lock.’ What 
is intended is ‘ sloot,’ 7.e., ‘a ditch.’ 
‘Spitz kop ’ is an error of similar type to ‘ Krantz,’ and owes its origin to the 
persistent habit of Germanising Dutch words, which is curiously common amongst 
visitors to South Africa from England. $e 
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