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the fish life of those waters, study the vegetation in contact with 
the spring water, and bring out an ample supply of the latter for 
chemical analysis. 
The Coal Creek Salt Springs. 
Mr. Welch has also given the following description of the 
Coal Creek Salt Springs, which appear to be entirely undescribed 
in our scientific literature : “ They rise out of a gravel bed or bar 
about a foot or more above low water, and are covered in high 
spring freshets. They are about ten feet across either way, 
and about a foot deep, and they taste quite salty. They are on 
the right bank ascending the stream, and about thirteen miles from 
its n c uth.” He also adds that they are the greatest resort for 
moose in New Brunswick. The study of these springs may yield 
some botanical results of interest, although the high freshets may 
prevent the occurrence there of a typical halophytic flora, such as 
the Sussex springs possess. (Note No. 7). 
The Boulder Hill on Coy Brook. 
Mr. Welch has also given me a description of another natural 
curiosity, in substance as follows : There is a curious rock forma- 
tion on Coy Brook, a branch of Lake Stream. It occurs on the 
right bank as one ascends, five miles from Lake Stream, and half 
a mile above the forks of the brook. On the top of a high ridge, 
on the highest part, there is a heap of loose boulders (many would 
weigh 400 tons), piled up like a pyramid without any clay be- 
tween them. Some are split, the parts lying ten feet apart, show- 
ing their fracture, with other rocks lying between them. One 
can go in through them, so loosely do they lie. The pile is per- 
haps thirty feet high, and the base covers nearly one-fourth of an 
acre. A lot of loose stones have rolled down and away from the 
pile for perhaps fifty feet. From the pile there runs a ravine 
which looks as if it has been a brook, but it is now dry. 
Caves, Underground Waters, Etc. 
A number of additional cases of those interesting phenomena 
have been cited by Professor Bailey in his paper read before this 
Society recently, and published in the present Bulletin. 
Can any of my hearers give any further information about 
these places ? 
