$0 THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. 
visit to the locality recently proved to be merely a waste of 
time. In fact, nothing remains to a collector but the modern 
beach, lake shore, and perhaps the Slabtown gravel pit, if 
worked at present. 
GRIMSBY QUARRIES. 
The Niagara shales this season presented nothing new, and 
with the exception of Stephanocrinus Augulatus, no crinoids 
put in an appearance. The thin limestone layers, so rich in 
bryozoans, were few and far between, and. only one rare 
specimen, Lzchwaldia, rewarded a three days’ search there for 
specimens. However, the upper green Clinton band furnished 
a considerable number of slabs containing remarkably well 
preserved examples of Dr. Jas. Hall’s Fucozd (Arthrophycus 
Harlan), or a closely allied species, which may prove to be a 
variety of this singular sea plant. 
THE CITY QUARRIES 
furnished very few specimens during the past collecting season, 
although more than the usual quantity of road metal was re- 
moved, especially from the one at the head of ‘‘ The Jolley Cut ” 
known as ‘‘ the corporation quarry.” From a small portion of 
the Niagara shale not removed, Mr. Schuler, a recent member 
