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■who have paid attention to its geological structure and position. la 

 Ontario, wherever the Huronian system is developed and has been 

 examined, valuable mines, more particularly those of gold, are 

 being discovered and opened up. In Nova Scotia renew^ed interest 

 has been shown in gold-mining, and with improved machinery and 

 methods the output is likely soon to be greatly increased. Other 

 mineral industries throughout the country, whether already estab- 

 lished or in course of development, share in a general appreciation." 



After a short account of the explorations of the field corps, there 

 follow some details of the work done in the Museum, in the sections 

 devoted to chemistry and mineralogy by Dr. Hoffmann, to lithology 

 by Mr. W. F. Ferrier, to mining and mineral statistics by Mr. E. D. 

 Ingall, and to palaeontology and zoology by Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, 

 Dr. H. M. Ami, and Mr. L. M. Lambe. Under the last head 

 Mr. Whiteaves' valuable contributions to Canadian palaeontology 

 are included, especially the well-known " Palasozoio Fossils." Dr. 

 Ami apjDlies his extensive knowledge of the fossils of the Palaeozoic 

 rocks of Canada to aid in the eluciilation of stratigraphical problems 

 relating to the geology of Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime 

 Provinces, and in the preparation of systematic lists of fossils to 

 accompany field reports. Mr. Lambe takes up the study of the 

 Canadian fossil corals, the results of which will be looked forward 

 to with interest by specialists in this difficult group. 



The first field report is that of Mr. J. Burr Tyrrell "On the 

 Doobaunt, Kazan, and Ferguson Rivers, and the North- West Coast 

 of Hudson Bay, to Lake Winnipeg." The region explored (in 1893 

 and 1894) is embraced in an area of about 200,000 square miles, and 

 lies north of the 69th parallel of latitude, and west of Hudson Baj\ 

 The report is accompanied by a coloured map on a scale of 25 miles 

 to 1 inch, and by a number of illustrations, reproduced from photo- 

 graphs, which give a very fair impression of the character of the 

 scenery. Many observations on the natural history of the region 

 are interspersed in these pages which are very interesting reading. 

 Of such is the description given by the author of the immense herds 

 of the barren-ground Caribou (Rangifer Grcenlandicus) met with on 

 the shores of Carey Lake, an expansion of the Doobaunt Eiver about 

 40 miles south-west of Doobaunt Lake. Thousands of these animals 

 were collected together in single herds where the explorers had 

 pitched their tents. " The little fauns were running about every- 

 where, often coming up to within a yard or two of us, uttering their 

 sharp grunts as they stood and looked up at us, or as they turned 

 and ran back to the does. . . . Later in the afternoon a herd 

 of bucks trotted up to us, and stood at about forty yards distance. 

 This was a most beautiful sight, for their horns are now [30th July] 

 full-grown, though still soft at the tips; but unfortunately we had 

 not the camera with us. We did not shoot any to-day." But this 

 is not the story of the hills, and so perhaps thought our explorer, 

 for he returns in the next paragraph to his geological notes. 



The two explorations occupied together 15 months, and included 

 the determination of the geographical features of the vast wilderness 



