xvi Contents. 



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Fishing — Smelt of North America — Capelin — White Fishes- 

 Shads — Cusk — Alewive — Striped Bass Fishing — Perches and 

 Lake Bass — Sturgeon Fisheries — Lamprey — Cat Fish — Eels — 

 American Hake — Marine Fishes - 229 



PART IV. 



GEOLOGY. 



CHAPTER XI. 



Geology — Rocks and Soils — Primary Rocks— Interment of recent 

 Fishes in Strata — Coal Measures — Physical Features of the 

 Coal Beds — Episode of Forest Life — New Red Sandstone — 

 Glacial Phenomena, past and present — Table of Rock For- 

 mations, with their valuable Minerals - - - - - 261 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Naturalist's Calendar, showing the Changes of Climate, the 

 Arrivals and Departures of Migratory Birds, Fishes, etc. - 2I 



APPENDIX. 



Quadrupeds ----------- 295 



List of the Birds of New Brunswick 296 



Reptiles ---_----.__ 3Q3 



Amphibians - - - - - - : - - 303 



Climate ------ 307 



Meteorological Observations - - - - - ' - 308 



Table of Monthly and Seasonal Means of Temperature, etc. - 320 



Consanguinity of Tracadie Lepers - - - - - 321 



