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A great moraine was also noted as forining the watershed between 
the Saskatchewan and Churchill rivers. 
On Wednesday evening Mr. W. J. McCxee, of the United 
States Geological Survey delivered an illustrated lecture on -'A 
Fossil Earthquake," to a large and appreciative audience. About 
the j'ear 1812 there was a severe earthquake in the Central United 
States, and as the historical records of this event were not very 
satisfactory, Mr. McGee spent considerable time going over the 
ground, and the lecture gave some of the results of his investi- 
gations. The center of the earth movement was on the Missis- 
sippi river, a short distance below Cairo. Some parts of the 
land were uplifted while others were depressed, and Reelfoot 
lake was formed. The lecture was an excellent example of 
inductive reasoning, clear i)roofs being given throughout, not 
only of the occurrence of the earthquake, but of the time at 
which it took place. In closing the proofs collected by the 
geologist were compared with contemporarj' records, and were 
found to agree perfectly. 
A vote of thanks was moved by Sir James Grant and seconded 
by Mr. sheriff Sweathind, who humoj'ously remarked that if at 
any time the ground shouUl ])e too violently shaken in the 
country south of tlu' international boundary line, the Canadians 
would always be pleased to offer their American friends a home 
on the more stable land of the northern part of the continent. 
On Thursday morning the society re-assembled in the Kailway 
Committee room of the House of Commons. The report of the 
committee on photographs was first presented, after which the 
regular reading :ind discussion of papers was resumed. 
A. P. Low — >fotes on the glacial geology of the northeast Terri- 
tories. 
This paper contained observation on the superficial geology in 
the northern part of the Province of (Quebec, and along the Rupert, 
East .Main, Big, (Ireat Wliale and Clearwater rivers, all of which 
empty into Hudson bay on its east side. Tiiere are two sets of 
glacial stria' in this region, the older running from X. 30 E. to S. 30" 
W., and was evidently the direction of tiie ice ilovv during the period 
of greatest accuuiuiatioii. Tiie ice at that time pushed in a uniform 
direction from the highlands of central Labrador over tlie southern 
])ortions of (Quebec and Ontario. The later ice markings show that 
the ice moved down from the interior plateau following the general 
slope of the country, tiuis moving directly south in northern Quebec 
towards the St. Lawrence, and westward towards Hudson bay on that 
watershed. .\t this period the glacier formed a terminal moraine, 
the remains of which form a cliain of large islands tliat extend north- 
ward two hundred miles from the south end, U|) the eastern third of 
.lames bay. Thes(> islands are wholly composed of unstratitied drift . 
There is a marked absence of the finer material of the drift in the 
interior of Labrndor, the surface being covered with innumerable 
boulders, often arranged in sliarp drumlins. The post-glacial eleva- 
tion is marked by the limits of stratified sand and clay, and by ter- 
races cut into them. The greatest elevation noted is on the Clear- 
water river, where these deposits are found 67o feet above the present 
