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Article I. — Things to be observed in Montreal and its vicinity,.. . 1 



II. — On the Metallurgy of Iron, and the Processes of Chenot, 13 



III.— Entomology, No. 1, 24 



IV. — Remarks on the Geographical Distribution of Plants 



in the British Possessions of North America, 26 



V. — Report of the Geological Survey of Canada, 1853 



to 1856, 32 



VI. — A List of Indigenous Plants found growing in the 

 neighbourhood of Prescott, C.W., under the nomen- 

 clature of Gray, 39 



VII. — Professor Owen on the Classification of Mammalia,.. . 51 

 VIII. — On a method of preparing and mounting Hard Tissues 



for the Microscope, 64 



IX. — General Position and Results of Geology, 67 



X. — Geological Survey of Canada : Reports of Progress 



for the years 1853-1856. Second Article, 81 



XI. — On the Extraction of Salts from Sea-Water, 97 



XII. — Contributions to Meteorology, by Charles Smallwood, 



M.D., LL.D., 110 



XIII. — On the Packing of Ice in the River St. Lawrence, by 



Sir W. E. Logan, 115 



XIV. — Geological Gleanings, 122 



XV. — On the Genus Graptolithus, by James Hall, 139 



XVI. — Note on the Genus Graptolithus, by James Hall, .... 161 

 XVII. — Entomology No. 2, by William Couper, Toronto,. . . . 177 



XVIII. — Geological Gleanings, 182 



XIX. — On the Existence of a Cave in the Trenton Limestone 



at Cote St. Michel, by Dr. Gibb, 192 



XXI. — On the Theory of Igneous Rocks and Volcanos, by T. 



Sterry Hunt, 194 



XXII. — Agassiz's Contributions to the Natural History of the 



United States, 201 



XXIII. — Coal in Canada. — The Bowmanville Discovery, 212 



XXIV. — Agassiz's Contributions to the Natural History of the 



United States, 241 



Geological Gleanings, 260 



The Bowmanville Coal Case, 276 



Scientific Meeting in Germany, 277 



XXV. — Geological Surveys in Great Britain and her Depen- 

 dencies, 293 



XXVI. — Figures and Descriptions of Canadian Organic Re- 

 mains, 298 



XXVII.— A Week in Gaspe, 321 



XXVIII.— The Fresh-Water Algse of Canada, 331 



XXIX. — Description of two Species of Canadian Butterflies, . . 346 



XXX. — The Observatory at St. Martins, Isle Jesus, C. E., 352 



XXXI. — Answers to questions proposed to the Essex Insti- 

 tute on Lightning Conducting Rods, 364 



