Notes On The Late Coilecting Season. 



Raad before the Hamilton Scientific Association, 

 Novemher 29th, 1901. 



BY COL C. C. GRANT. 



Tlie writer accidentally learned that another quarr_v had 

 been opened near the head of tiie JoUey Cut in. March, 

 long before the snow disappeared. On arrival at the City 

 quarry, on seeing the npnearance of things there, he erro- 

 neously concluded lie must have been niisin.fornied, and 

 thought it uu'.iecessary to proceed be>ond tlsat. A visit 

 was p-aid later on, when its correctness was fuil}^ e^tab- 

 lishe 1. Its position is next to tlie old Hancock quarr}^ 

 which ceased work for several 3*eais, but v>hich Vv'as re- 

 opened last season, in order to obtain some material for 

 buildin.g purposes from a small strip of limestone still re- 

 maining. It was from this place, late in the fall, that I 

 obtained the remarkably fine Graptolite which I brouglit to 

 the notice of the Geological Section — a circular form, re- 

 sembling Dictyoneina retiformis, but without the connecting 

 bars. 



I noticed the glacial clay seemirigly occurs merely in 

 patches in this new quarry, but or.ly a few yards of over- 

 lying soil was removed from the front up to tlie date, 6th 

 April. 



On quitting tht- quarry to-da}", I concluded to have a 

 look at the low-lying fields close to the Corporation drain 

 in order to ascertain wliether they were sufficiently dry for 

 examination. I found, however, they were not, except in 

 the higher portion, but I managed to pick up a fair speci- 

 men of Roemers Tennessee sponge (Astylospongia inciso- 

 lobataj, and a very singular Bryozoon, the only one of the 



