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Since the preamble to the foregoing Notes was originally 

 drafted, the writer has observed with great pleasuj-e that 

 Canada, by means of her capable and experienced officials, 

 like the veteran Prof. John Macoun and son, Mr. William 

 Ogilvie, the brothers Tyrrell, and others of the Dominion 

 Geological Survey; by zealous missionaries like the Kev. 

 Father Morice, O. M. I., of Stuart Lake, British Columbia, 

 and the Eev. Mr. (now Bishop) Stringer, C. M. S., formerly 

 of Herschell Island, and now of Dawson City, Yukon; 

 and by other naturalists, like the accomplished Mr. Ernest 

 Thom^json Seton, and Mr. Raine, of Toronto, has already 

 accomplished a good deal in the very desiralble direction 

 therein indicated. The lamented death of Doctor George 

 Mercer Dawson, Director-General of the Geological Survey, 

 however, was a distinct loss to science and his country; but 

 he has been succeeded fortunately by the clever and well- 

 informed Dr. Robert Bell, who will probably spare no pos- 

 sible efforts in continuing the good work performed by his 

 able predecessors in office. Sir William Logan, Doctor 

 Selwyn, and Doctor Dawson. I am also glad to see that 

 Am,erican naturalists have again come forward to do their 

 good share in the premises. Prof. C. C. Nutting, Doctor 

 Smith, and Doctor Prank Russell (especially the latter, who 

 spent one winter at Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan, and an- 

 other in the Mackenzie River District) have done much in 

 furthering the interests of science and the State University 

 of Iowa; while the brothers Preble, of the U. S. Biological 

 Survey at Washington, have made an interesting summer 

 journey to the shores of Hudson Bay, and they have also 

 during the years 1903 and 1904, obtained splendid re- 

 sults in the Mackenzie River District. Robert Ken- 

 nicott was there from 1859 to 1862 and thereby 

 rendered invaluable service in the elucidation of obscure 

 points, as well as in collecting new material toward the 



