532 SALTER, ARCTIC GEOLOGY. 



The rocks along the coasts of Barrow Strait and the shores of 

 Prhice-Reo;ent's Inlet were already partly explored by Parry, and 

 described by Prof. Jameson and Mr. Konig, and a few fossils, 

 brought away in ballast from Prince-Leopold's Island by Sir James 

 Boss, had been detected at Woolwich by Capt. James, R.E., and 

 mentioned in Prof. Ansted's " Geology." But the present collec- 

 tions, from the entranop of Wellington Channel, are far more ex- 

 tensive than those before named, and the localities have been 

 exactly marked. 



Her Majesty's squadron, under command of Capt. Austin, col- 

 lected specimens of fossiliferous limestone in Assistance Bay, Cape 

 Biley, and Beechey Island, and in Griffiths and Somerville Islands ; 

 and some travelling parties brought home a specimen of the same 

 limestone with fossils from Cape Walker, still farther to the south- 

 west. Our thanks are especially due to Capt. Ommanney and 

 Mr. Donnet, who have presented their specimens to the Museum 

 of Practical Geology, and to Sir John Richardson, who has per- 

 mitted us to examine those brought home by Mr. Pickthorne of 

 the '' Pioneer." 



In addition to these, Capt. Penny and his companions discovered 

 that the same rock with fossils extends up both sides of the strait, 

 and covers the islands at the mouth of the newly discovered 

 Queen's Channel. These researches were prosecuted more par- 

 ticularly by Dr. P. C. Sutherland, assisted very wilHngly by the 

 seamen ; and to Sir John Richardson we are indebted also for 

 the examination of these fossils. 



Of the following list of organic remains (described in the 

 Appendix to Dr. Sutherland's " Journal " *) some are known 

 European fossils. Among these the common Chain-coral (^Haly- 

 sites catenulatus), the Favosites Gotlandica and F. polymorpha, 

 and the Atrypa reticularis are well-known cosmopolitan species. 

 There are some others more doubtfully European forms ; and 

 three, among which is the Pentamerus co7ichidium, appear to be 

 identical with Swedish species in the Wenlock Limestone of Gotli- 



* See the " Journal of a Voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Strait in the 

 " years 1850-1, performed by H.M. ships 'Lady Franklin' and 'Sophia,' 

 " under the command of Mr. William Penny, in search of the missing crews 

 " of H.M. Ships ' Erebus ' and * Terror,' &c. By Peter C. Sutherland, M.D., 

 *' &c., Surgeon to the Expedition." London, 2 vols. 8vo., 1852. 

 Appendix : 



Drift-wood, Dr. J. Eichardson, pp. cxxii.-cxxx. Meteorology, pp. 



cxxxi.-clxxxvi. 

 Vascular Plants, pp. clxxxix.-cxc. Sir W. Hooker, KJI., F.R.S., &c. 



Included in Prof. Hooker's Table, pages 225, ct seq. 

 Algae, Dr. Dickie, pp. cxci.-cc. See page 515. 

 Zoology : Mollusca, pp. cc.-cciv.. Dr. P. C. Sutherland. See page 511. 



Crustacea and Insects, pp. ccv.-ccxi., Arthur Adams and Adam 



White. See pages 508 and 514. 



Ascidians, Prof. Huxley, pp. ccxi.-ccxiii. "j 



Echinoderms, Prof. E. Forbes, pp. ccxiii.- l See page 513. 



ccxvi. J 



Geology, J. W. Salter, pp. ccxvii.-ccxxxiii. — Editor. 



