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PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 



OF 



HALIFAX, NOTA SCOTIA. 



VOL. n. 



1864- 



PART ni. 



COJSTTEISrTS. 



Page, 



Proceedings 1 to 7 



Transactioss : — 



Art. I. On the Mammalia of Nova Scotia. By J. Bernard Gilpin, M. D., 



M. R. C. S 8 



II. On Provincial Acclimatization. By Capt. C. Hardy, R. A 15 



III. Notice of the Occurrence of Heather {Callmia vulgaris) at St. Ann's 



Bay, Cape Breton Island. By Geo. Lawson, Ph. D., LL.D., Profes- 

 sor of Chemistry, Palhousie College 30 



IV. Note on Lcmania variegata of Agardh. (By the same) 35 



V. On the Land Birds of Nova Scotia. By A. Downs 38 



VI. Observations on the Sea Birds frequenting the Coast of St. Margaret's 



Bay, N. S. By Rev. John Ambrose 51 



Vn. Some Additions to the Game of Nova Scotia. By J. H. Duvar. 59 



VIII. The Production and Preservation of Lakes by Ice Action. By Thomas 



Belt 70 



IX. On some Brine Springs of Nova Scotia. By Henry How, D. C. L., 

 Professor of Chemistry and Natural History, University of King's 



College, Windsor, N. S 75 



IX. Enquiry into the Antiquity of Man. By Wm. Gossip. 80 



X. Notes on the Weather at Halifax, Nova Scotia, during 1864. By Colonel 



Myers 102 



XL On the Gaspereaux. By J. Bernard Gilpin, A. B., M. D., M. R. C. S. 107 

 XII. Contributions to the Natural History of Nova Scotia. Reptilia. By J. 



M. Jones, F. L. S 114 



XIII. Notes on the Economic Mineralogy of Nova Scotia. Part II. The Ores 

 of ilanganese and their Uses. By Henry How, D. C. L., Professor 

 of Chemistry and Natural History, University of King's College, 



Windsor 128 



Appsndix: — 



Abstract of Meteorological Register, Halifax, Nova Scotia. By Colonel 



Myeks 139 



Extract of a Letter from Vice- Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, K. C. B., to 

 the President, concerning the Currents on the N. E. Coast of America, 140 



Field Excursion, 1865. W. G 141 



The Contorted Quartz at Laidlaw's " Diggins," Waverly. R. B. S. . . . . 142 

 Letter from the Right Rev. the Bishop of Newfoundland, concerning the 

 Mummy of the Great Auk {Alca impennis), found on the Funk 

 Islands . . 145 



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