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with special reference to its importance as possibly indicating the 
existence of coal inthe Red River district. ‘‘ There is some evidence,”? 
says Mr. Billings, ‘‘of the existence of at least a portion of the car- 
boniferous system in this region. The fossil figured here, procured 
from a Half-breed, who said he collected it from the solid rock, at: 
some place on the Red River, is a Productus of the group Semiretic-. 
ulati, all of which appear to be confined to the carboniferous series. 
The specimen is not worn, and presents all the appearance of having 
been freshly broken from the rock.’ These will suffice to indicate the 
character of the palzeontological novelties contributed to science by 
Professor Hind, as the result of his recent journey. They furnish an 
interesting foretaste of the treasures in store for future scientific explo- 
rers of the territory, and of the value of the present report as the first 
clue to the economic characteristics of the valley of the Red River. 
The volume has only reached us after a considerable portion of the 
present number was already in type; and we are limited therefore both 
by available time and space, in our notice of its various contents. We 
leave therefore to the daily press the discussion of such practical sec- 
tions as those which treat of the extent and characteristics of the lake 
and river systems of the regions explored; of their Wooded and Prai- 
rie Land; and of the areas fit for settlement. These will doubtless 
receive abundant attention, and be discussed in all their bearings, by 
Vou. V. P 
