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species probably, attracted much attention, as well as the remarkably 

 well preserved Crinoids he obtained from the Grimsby Niagara Shales. 

 The Professor considered many much superior to the ones in the 

 United States National Museum at Washington. Dr. Pettit intends 

 to present the collection to the public school at Grimsby, if they 

 provide him with a proper place for their display. I was glad to 

 learn some young fellows there devoted a considerable portion of 

 their spare time to collecting and to Natural History generally. 

 There is nothing more neglected than the latter in the Provincial 

 public schools, as the Doctor justly remarked. 



On an earlier visit to the locality, I carried with me a claw-like 

 implement with a short handle, which I understand is used by gar- 

 deners in planting seed. Imperfect as it is, it struck me as well 

 adapted to rake up Crinoids hidden under soft surface shales, and 

 on testing it I found it brought to view a small head of Caryocrinus 

 and a few also of Stephanocrinus angulatus. It only requires the 

 teeth a little longer, closer and about twice the breadth, so as to 

 cover more ground, to make it one of the most useful articles the 

 field geologist possesses for extracting specimens underlying the 

 shales exposed on only the surface presented. 



I think Professor Schuchert was not quite disappointed when 

 on the following day, along the foot of the escarpment in an easterly 

 direction, it was doubtful whether we were likely to get any of the 

 large slabs from the lower Clinton band containing complete speci- 

 mens of the Bathotriphus Fucoid. I think I removed every one 

 years ago that I possibly could. However, I succeeded at last in 

 extracting in situ one of the smaller slabs containing the well known 

 indications near the surface edge. On taking it down, the Professor 

 said, " I will stand by, while you split it." When, striking it a little 

 nearer the centre than usual, it opened out disclosing seven well-pre- 

 served, colorless (white) Lingulellfe, and together with the casts on 

 the opposite part that lucky blow of the hammer afforded us no less 

 than fourteen Brachiopods, and the plant also put in an appearance 

 on resplitting the upper half. In the Clinton iron band we found 

 the only specimen known to me retaining both valves of Posidonia 

 Alata (Hall). Single ones even are not common here, and as the 

 Professor appeared unwilling, under the circumstances, to accept the 

 only one I possessed, I was very much pleased with this particular 



