100 A FEW HINTS ON LOCAL FOSSIL COLLECTING 
Geological Section, found the first Trenton tail shield of a 
Trilobite ‘‘ Asaphus Platycephalus,’’ and the Utica slab, 
holding a similar portion of Chapman’s Crustacean, 
‘* Asaphus Canadensis.” 
Buildings now occupy a few places in Hamilton where 
exposure of the old beach was formerly noticed, but the 
modern beach and the south shore of Ontario together with 
‘“The Glacial Cliffs’’ of Winona, are found to contain 
many Lower Silurian fossils in fair preservation which have 
already been referred to in ‘‘ The Proceedings of the Asso- 
ciation.’’ 
MEDINA AND CLINTONS. 
For many years these beds to the east of Hamilton pre- 
sented nothing to invite research, the Medina freestone 
having been worked out for building and ornamental pur- 
poses. These are the only valuable sedimentary deposits 
of the series here, if the old Clinton limestones of the 
American geologists are considered as belonging to and 
forming the base of the Canadian ‘* Niagara beds.”’ 
In order to get at the freestone band, it was necessary 
to remove a considerable amount of Clinton overlying 
shales, and impure sandstone flags; the material when, 
removed from the quarries, was dumped down the slope, 
and when washed out and weathered, presented quite a 
number of Corals, Brachiopods and Bryozoans in places, 
which have since been concealed by the grasses and vege- 
tation of later years. 
_ Before the regiment to which I belonged—the Bed ford- 
shires— were stationed here, I was ordered to Hamilton on 
Court Martial duty, and having an idle day I found my way 
to one of the shale-heaps, where I met the late Professor 
Wright, of the ‘‘ Hamilton Ladies’ College,’’ returning 
from collecting, who not only gave me some well preserved 
Clinton shells I failed to find, but invited me to accompany 
him and see a small local collection he had made for the 
college: 
