SUPERFICIAL GEOLOGY OF DUNDAS VALLEY. 1 45 



ary having been the bed of the great river before mentioned. The 

 sand and the gravel being held in a balance by the undertow, the 

 foundation of a bar was laid, between the great surbank on the south 

 and the mainland on the north, which had already pushed forward 

 a spur made up of the drift from the north shore of the lake. The 

 bar rose slowly in the deep water, and at length reached the surface. 

 Additions to it, now on the side only ; caused it to widen and 

 increase rapidly, and the connection between the north and south 

 shores was completed. 



Birds brought grass seed and grape stones, and acorns to the 

 new formation ; and the waves wafted to it twigs of the balm, the 

 poplar and the willow, which took root and grew. The small birds 

 sang cheerily, the monarch eagle shrieked his approval, the fishes 

 sported and the amphibia bellowed their praises ; henceforth the 

 new bay became a nursery and a paradise for fish and amphibious 

 animals and water fowl. 



As a result of the lengthened labors of these natural forces 

 we behold to-day our ever increasing and pleasant summer resort 

 Burlington Beach. 



Note. — Since writing the above I fortunately met with a reli- 

 able old resident who told me that his father had been informed, in 

 his youth, by old Indians that their fathers remembered a wide passage 

 from the marsh (Lottridge's pond) into the big water — Lake Ontario. 

 This would appear to indicate that the pent up waters of Burlington 

 Bay sometimes forced a passage at the south end of the Beach, when- 

 ever there was a greater accumulation of sand at the north end. True, 

 the banks at the south are higher than those at the north end ; this 

 has been brought about recently by the force of the easterly waves ; 

 whereas at the north end of the Beach the heavy rise of the waves 

 was and is disturbed by the rebounding pressure from the north shore 

 of the lake. Or, as appears somewhat probable, had those Indian 

 fathers a tradition that the old Grand River flowed into the lake at 

 this point at a remote period ? All considered, I am disposed to 

 believe the whole Beach formation to be more recent than is generally 

 accepted. 



FOOD AND FEEDING. 



BY DR. REYNOLDS. 



This paper formed one of a series of papers on sanitary matters, 

 that were read before the Association. It began by referring to the 

 necessity of more education as to the importance of food, for in 



