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report, the whole metamorphic series of the Province consists of a number of 

 anticlinal axes, caused by the protrusion of granite, with more or less con- 

 torted killas, or slate and bluestone, with quartz lodes between the axes, the 

 matter is not unworthy of attention in an economic point of view. 



R. B s. 



Conversation ensued upon the subject matter, which was all the more 

 interesting, that the formation alluded to had just come under the observation 

 of gentlemen present. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to 

 Colonel Sinclair for his excellent Paper. 



The party soon afterward returned to Dartmouth, and crossed to the 

 city, highly pleased with their excursion. W. G. 



Letter from the Right Rev. The Bishop of Newfoundland, 

 concerning the Mummy of the Great Auk, (Alca imjjennis,) 

 found on the Funk Islands. 



" St. John's, N. F., Aug. lO, 1864. 

 " My Dear Sir, — 



" I am much pleased that the mummy arrived in a good state of preserva- 

 tion. How long it has been embalmed or entombed in the ice I cannot of 

 course tell, but I understand the different specimens were found several feet 

 (at least four) below the surface, and under ice which never melts. They 

 were all found on the Funk Islands, but on which side I am not able now to 

 discover, as the person who dug them up is not at present, I believe, in St. 

 John's. He was sent, or went there to gather the guano or bird manure on 

 speculation, with strict injunctions to procure, if possible, the bones, or 

 skeletons, of the extinct bird. In this he succeeded better than in his own 

 business, and probably if he had known the value attached to these specimens 

 by naturalists he might have turned them to better account than the guano. 

 One specimen I sent to Mr. Newton, and you saw by his letter how highly it 

 was prized. Another was sent to Agassiz, and the third I have been enabled 

 through the kindness of our Governor to forward to you. And this is the 

 most perfect of the three, or certainly more perfect than the one I sent to 

 Mr. Newton, — the other I did not see. 



" I think it very likely more specimens might be found, as no persons are 

 living on the island, and it is only lately that any attempt has been made to 

 discover and preserve the skeleton. 



" Yours faithfully, 

 17 "Ed. Newfoundland." 



