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that a still fuller and more interesting report, embracing an account 

 of his exploration of the valley of the Saskatchewan, may soon be 

 looked for from the pen of Professor Hind. 



In connection with this subject I may be permitted to allude for a 

 moment to a forthcoming work from the pen and pencil of a Canadian 

 artist and a member of the Institute, Mr. Paul Kane, which promises 

 to aiFord much new and interesting information with regard to the coun- 

 tries between this and the Pacific. During his travels through these 

 countries, Mr. Kane amassed not only a great deal of valuable infor- 

 mation relative to the customs, manners, and habits of the various 

 Indian tribes, but made also a vast number of most interesting sketches ; 

 and I have lately had the pleasure of seeing some of the chromo-litho- 

 graphic drawings taken from these sketches, and intended to illustrate 

 the letter-press of his work, which will shortly be brought out in Lon- 

 don. I am sure I may safely say that the book will be hailed by both 

 the Canadian and English public, as a most timely addition to the 

 scanty knowledge we as yet possess of a quarter of North America 

 which is now beginning to awaken so much interest in the minds of 

 all. 



In geological science, Canada, thanks to the labours of Sir William 

 Logan and his able coadjutors, must always hold a place of honor. 

 Indeed it may safely be asserted that the geological survey has done 

 more for the reputation of Canada among intelligent and scientific men 

 abroad and in England, than anything else connected with the country. 

 The Report of the survey published last year is full of most interesting 

 matter, and includes the Report of Sir William Logan on the distribu- 

 tion of the crystalline limestones in the Laurentian rocks of Grenville, 

 Harrington, and the adjacent Townships in Eastern Canada; Mr. 

 Murray's Report of his explorations in the country lying between 

 Lake Huron and the Ottawa River ; four Reports by Professor Sterry 

 Hunt of his investigations of the lime-feldspar rocks, and their asso- 

 ciated minerals of the Laurentian formation ; Researches on the com- 

 position of the waters of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence ; Examinations 

 of the serpentines and other metamorphic rocks of the Eastern Town- 

 ships, and of a series of traps and intrusive rocks. Mr. Richardson's 

 Report relates to an exploration of the Island of Anticosti ; and a 

 Review of the palseontological relations of the Anticosti rocks, with a 

 descriptive list of various new species of organic remains, constitute 

 the subjects treated of in the Report of Mr. Billings. 



