368 Miscellanies. 
most continental writers; it must be admitted, however, that the 
purity, light grey color, and crystalline structure of the upper por- 
tion of the rock is against this supposition. IF. H. Bappe.ey. 
21. Transactions of the Literary and Historical Society of Que- 
bec, Vol. iii. part iii.—The contents of this publication are, Medical 
Statistics of Lower Canada, by Dr. Shelly ; Canadian song birds, 
Mrs. Shepard ; Inscription in the heart of a growing tree, Mr. Shep- 
ard; Analysis of a mineral water from Gaspé, Ancient document re- 
lating to Acadia, Island of St. Paul, Mr. Adams; Temperature of 
the springs at Quebec, Mr. Shelly ; ‘Travertine or calcareous Tufa, 
H. D. Sewall, Esq. ; Canadian Etymologies, Andrew Stuart, Esq. ; 
Geol. Sketch of the most N. E. portion of Canada, Lt. F. H. Bad- 
deley, R. E.; Meteorological Journal on Lake Superior, 1824 ; 
Meteorological Journal on Cape Diamond, Quebec, Jan. 1832 to 
Dec. 1834. 
This spirited society has contributed many important communica- 
tions of general and local interest, and we are happy to observe by its 
annual report that its library and various collections in natural history, 
&c. are increasing ; its library contains between 500 and 600 vol- 
umes, and its museum about 600 specimens, arranged and described. 
This society, with the sister institutions in Montreal and York, will 
do much for Canada, and we trust will meet with co-operation, and 
kind as well as valuable encouragement from similar institutions, and 
from liberal individuals in the United States. 
We learn that the British authorities in Canada are prosécuting 
their topographical and geological surveys: able reports have been 
already presented by Dr. Bigsby, Capt. Bonnycastle, Capt. Bay- 
field and Lieut. Baddeley, and we are informed that the latter gen- 
tleman will soon proceed to make observations between lakes Huron 
and Nipissing. 
22. Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin, Vol. 1. part i. 
and ii., 1883—4.—The institution of a Geological Society at Dublin, 
Treland, in 1833, has already given birth to two numbers of their 
Journal, extending to 139 pages, and illustrated by maps and plates. 
The subjects are, mi 
Part I. The president’s addresses; The theory of Geolosical 
phenomena in Ireland, by Capt. Portlock ; Globular Formations, 
Prof. Stokes, Univ. Dublin; Fossil deer of Ireland, Dr. J. Hart; 
