9 & 10. Weathered specimens in serpentine and calcite.-Petite Nation Seigniory, Q. 11. Decalcified specimens showing canal system.—Petite Nation Seigniory, Q. 12. Loganite and calcite.-North Burgess, 0. 13. Decalcified specimen, showing fine canal system.-Petite Nation Seigniory, Q. 14 to 16. Weathered specimens in calcite and serpentine. -Petite Nation Seigniory, Q. 17 to 20. Decalcified specimens.—Petite Nation Seigniory, Q. 21 & 22. Micaceous limestone.-Gatineau River, Q. 23. Polished slab.-Gatineau River, Q. 24 & 25. Decalcified specimens showing tubuli.-Petite Nation Seigniory, Q. 26 to 32. Microscopic sections showing canal systems, proper walls of chambers, &c.-Petite Nation Seigniory, Q. 34 & 35. Decalcified specimens showing tubuli.-Petite Nation Seigniory, Q. 36. Polished slab, showing serpentine, calcite and pyroxene.-Petite Nation Seigniory, Q. The lamina of white calcite are the walls of the test of the animal, and the green serpentine fills the spaces originally occupied by its gelatinous sarcode. Indian Implements, &c., in Stone. Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. Dr. George M. Dawson, Ottawa, O. 397. Collection of Indian Carvings, made of indurated carbonaceous The shale from which these objects are made is associated with the Cretaceous anthracite-bearing rocks of Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands. It is homogenous in character, easily worked, and has long been used by the Haida Indians for the manufacture of certain useful or ornamental articles. Of late years, a ready sale having been found for such articles, considerable numbers have been produced, the work being carried on chiefly during the winter, when out of door occupations are few. Many articles are now made which were not formerly manufactured, such as boxes and groups of figures. The patterns designed on these are sometimes copied from European models, but are more usually purely native in character, and in the latter case afford excellent examples not only of the neat beaded work which these people produce, but also of the highly conventionalized art which has been theirs from time immemorial. Victoria, B.C... W. S. Bowman, Victoria, B.C. 550. Old Indian canoe or net anchor, found in a gravel-pit at Victoria. North Shore of Lake Superior, O. Thos. A. Keefer, Port Arthur, O. 407. A collection of stone implements supposed to have been used by ancient miners. North Shore of Lake Superior, O... . . . . Thos. A. Keefer, Port Arthur, O. These pearls are obtained from the freshwater mussel or Unio (Margaritana margaritifera L.), abundant in some of the rivers of the province of Quebec. Archæn Rocks. 637. Collection of about four hundred specimens of Archæn rocks from the following localities : Lake St. John District, Q. District North of Montreal, Q. MAPS. 169 Eastern Townships, Q. Shickshock Mountains, Q. Lake of the Woods District, O. New Brunswick. Nova Scotia. Collection of Reports and Maps published by the Geological Survey of Canada, as well as the following Manuscript Maps : Dominion of Canada, showing occurrence of Economic Minerals. Scale 27 miles to the inch. Dominion of Canada, geologically coloured, showing results of geological explorations up to January, 1886. Map of the Eastern Townships of the Province of Quebec, showing the occurrence of Economic Minerals. Scale 4 miles to an inch. Map of the Eastern Townships of the Province of Quebec, geologically coloured. Scale 4 miles to an inch, Map of Nova Scotia, showing occurrence of Economic Minerals. Scale 3 miles to an inch. (Exhibited by Government of Nova Scotia.) |