76 Prof. H. How on Oil-Coul. 
cayed wood very little changed, which I consider a great cu- 
riosity. On M’Lellan’s Brook shale is above the Oil-Coal, and 
Oil-Batt below in which have been found Lepidodendra and ap- 
parently molar teeth with three fangs, flattened modiola shells, 
and spines or small fish-teeth. The Oil-Batt has been found in 
several places without the curly band or so-called Oil-Coal. ‘Two 
thousand tons of Oil-Coal have been raised (Dec. 1859) at the 
Fraser Mine.” 
The Oil-Coal varies in color from brown to black, is dull where 
Oil 1. i " . 
Volatile matters, - - - 66°56 ee 
d bon, - - - - 26°23 62-09 
- - - 8°21 4°33 
100-00 "100-00 
The foliowing is the ultimate analysis of the Oil-Coal, for which 
I am indebted to Mr. Slessor, assistant to Prof. Anderson of 
ae whose aid I requested from want of the necessary ap- 
us : 
Carbon, - - - - ee - 80°96 
Fiydtopes; = ' .<gU atk Na AE ee Sa gigiggs 
Nitrogens (by loss), - + + - «4 0°68 
eth, (98 MOVO)) ise cies pce dda 8-21 
100°00 
@ with oxygen and sulphur? 
