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Churchill River below the " Forks" 17 



Fort Churchill and vicinity 21 



Completion of the Track Survey of the Nelson River 23 



The Limestone Rapids 24 



Limestone Rapids to Split Lake 25 



Grass River 27 



Explorations by Mr. A. S. Cochrane. — Surveys, Geological Features, &c — 



Knee Lake to God's Lake 29-41 



God's Lake 29 



Oxford House to Island Lake 30 



Island Lake 31 



Soil and Timber of the District 32 



Geology of the District 33 



Gneiss, Granite 33 



Dip and Strike of Gneiss 34 



Huronian 36 



Glacial Stria? 38 



Northern Limits of Forest Trees 41-44 



Forest Preservation 44 



APPENDIX I. — On some Silurian and Devonian Fossils from Manitoba and 

 the Valleys of the Nelson and Churchill Rivers, for the 



most part collected by Dr. R. Bell in the summer of 1879. 45-51 

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 APPENDIX II.— List of Plants collected by Dr. Bell around the Shores of 

 Hudson's Bay and along the Churchill and Nelson Rivers 

 in 1877 and 1879 53-60 



APPENDIX III.— List of Fresh-Water Mollusca from Manitoba and the 



Valley of the Nelson River 61-62 



APPENDIX IV. — List of Lepidoptera from the Nelson and Churchill Rivers 



and the West Coast of Hudson's Bay 63-64 



APPENDIX V.— List of Coleoptera collected by Dr. R. Bell in 1879 on the 



Nelson and Churchill Rivers 65-66 



APPENDIX VI. — List of Birds from the region between Norway House and 



Forts Churchill and York 67-70 



APPENDIX VII.— Variation of the Compass. . . 71-72 



