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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 S 6 CATALOGUE — ■■ •OPf- Number of Volumes in the Library 3500 « Magazines received regularly 36 Newspapers received, not printed in Northwest 20 " •• " printed in the Northwest. 22 -' Specimens in the Society's Collection 2000 1 i 1 P'or conwiii.'ncL ihc spn inn ns (ontnincd in lli"- I ■.it:i!ii<;i:f arc airnn^'i'd iindi'f ilivisioiis, ih.d a short dfsc ri|ili(iii L;i\X'n of the l()<;ditit.s tVoni \vlii( h the fossils in the list have hccii ohtaiiud. Division I. Silurian Depcsits. si;i.kii-;k i.h akkiis. These are situated on the east side of tlu' Ked River, about iM miles north of Winnijte^y. One, a short distani e soiithea-.t of Selkirk station; the other, nearer the river and norlhwi-st. in the vi( inity of the loun of l',ast Selkirk. The st( ne from the^e outcrops is ot a ;;ie\i->h white color, and effervesces strongly on treatment with ( dUI ai ids. It dresses readily, and is larj^eK- Used in Winnipe.u' a> ornamental -^toiie in building. When burnt it produces a very while variety of lime. Thi' ro( k at the station is much nearer the surface, and apjjears to be whiter than that obtained from the ([uarrx near ICasi Selkirk, whii !i rei|uires about tweiuy feet of dritt material to be removed before the solid rot k is reached. Stoni-( lUters prefer working the ro( k Ironi the latter on at ( ounl ot its apparent sot'tness and tendency to harden on exposure. Much of the stone from these places shows a peculiar mottled like appearance. 'I'he following fosiils were (jl)tainetl trxin these outcrops, and are confmed to a stratum of rock not e.xceeding ten feel in thi( kness : — , St(h-Khtf/ffoin Profo'Of(. 1. Receptee ulites. A fossil of doubtful position in the scale of life. Hv some pi. iced among the I'rotozoa as a i'oraniinifer : bv others ii has been referred to ihe sponges, corals and even plants. \'ery i onunon : some one fool in di.mieler. ■_'. Siromatopora. I .ikely a new spe< ies. also of (loiil>iiiil .aftiiiil\. ami re- ferred to the orders ioraminifera and SpcM'.,, la bv different authors. SKh-Khtf/ffom i'ali iiU-r ffa. ( lASS \( \ \\\/i).\ (( OK Al.s. ) ( 'olumiiaria. ('. alveolata. Svringopora. " Honey tomb ( oral." Common. " Tube coral.'" Halysites an. /aphrentis. " Horn (oral.' 10. Halysites cai 'uularia. "( hain (dral. 1 1. Kavosites. ( "onunon. 8. ( ommon. t i..\ss ( Kt s|.\( : \ (( K\i;s, KIT.) 12.— Trilobite. Head. 13.-- M Tail shield. H. — n I'Ae, showing llie network sULicture. 1 6 9;) 2 2 / •"•!(;. •"^troplionu'ii;! Ill W I s."^ 17-ls l'll.\ ((■[•,, "•: 'f^iiKs, ) ' 'I tiUxcrn^ 1... , f I (;ir-i' (, fifl )rii 50 ■ (ml 'f) wiiiel, passed ^^'thoccnis Will, ^'^^^'=n II. silupian DepcsUs. ':?'•■ -'•-luri.n .1.,!. ^^, ' i r .'^•^■^'•, '''^ -'-' H c.^t/'" ""^ ^"^'^ «'^''^' ^xtion, t c t . ^:"'^'''''^''-Ht,,J : ;^ '*^^^" '" t'u. condition in '^V"'-' ^'- o'-cr^ ',,^:^"^'^'"-'^- XU-. Ci,;^"^"--'|-^t traces ,; 'i^'.'"'-' --^''onf fortv K d ; I • '?"' '' '^•"■'' ^I"l".nitir l, ' "^'. /''^""'t kinds t'lK kncss. The Im '^^ " ^''^' "t''^'-- a w^Z ""'"^^'^'^^ '>' f>.-nvnish urcv -"^>7-.es only w en v e 1 '^''7 '^^^^ '''-'Is, ' s nl^ T^''^'^ "" ^^^^tment ^'^- ^-t, a s;?o:!,tr"'"'^"^'^" -- - tl;:r;j!;^; s^i s ''T-r '- ''L- Jossils of this divl.i ^' I'rodiires, : ''<-') passed 1 »-'\f'cllcnt Is like an '"'if SI mil. ■ shaj)e of" '<-■ <.'S(\'ir|)- <-''ist side I oiitlyin^r (lition in t'aces of I't kinds lish grey fvvt in i-'atnicnt -ii. sMinriinustuundintlu- upper stratniu near thr surfa.e 5.5. .M.<.u-> pe. uiiai V, iini. Mlar nu.kn.^s, nften seen in the ,lnl,,nuli( m, k. CLASS ACriNI/uA ((OBAI.S.) •■''4.--Sten(ip()ia fihrosa. " l!ran( lung coial. ' .'!;>. - lM\(.Mtes ( iothlandi. a •• ! l<,nev((iMil» ( (.ral." •5<». Miniiii' ( oial. •'57 ;;.><. ()|,s( ure ('..lals ni the hard dddinile •■''.•4(1. I'etraia, II N. Stiepkla^nia <()inii iihnn. " Horn < oral." !•». .^leiiopoia and i-'avosiies. •10. Cha'lele^. Minute (oral on a shell. 47. .Steiiopora lihrosa. -I''^. Cluetetes. " Ineriisting loral.' Snh-l\inif(lont Molhisvn, ( i,.\ss r.K \( iiioi'oii.v ('-i.A.Mi' >iit.;.i.s.") 49.-_.\ mass of Mrac hiopod shellv ;>()-.').). Slro|♦»-')<». < »rihi.s ^^h(|uadrata. Coinnion. <)I-G-2. Orthis. Larue si.ecies G.TfW). Oiihiv ••7 irsiu. Three varieties of lira< hiupo'd shells. "*'• Onliis. Interior o( shell shown :i 7-. Calute oarhonate ofliuKj ( 'rvsta.s known as •' .logtooth spar" in 73.- Shells and ( oral. i_ IT;"). ( )rthis. Minute forms. 7.5. \ aritties ,,t the same from lower stratum ^i. Holopea .^ (I Ass (,\sM.R(i|.t)0.\ (IM\ \| \ I. sllKl.l.s.; '^■)-S(i. I'leiu-otoiuaria. •^7-.^l iK-mlilul los-iU in tlii> division wcic (•!»l..ini.(l Imm a lai^^c l„,iil,l,r lakfii .Hit (.1 a will on tin- t;iini of J. 11. roy:^cr, near lVi^>c slalH.ii, (■ 1'. k. rt.c Moil, was ahnul three ted in dianieler. and iiresenled no ap- pearaiue ol' lo^^il^ on the external snrtac e. hut on hreakini;. prove.l to he a mass ol heaiilifiil specimens. The matrix in whi. h thev were imhedded when ,,)iii!.are7. '.>S -IX I \ Mil r s SOI 111 Ol Kl CIS A. IiKxeranuis .\ c omnion ( relaceous hivaive shell. 111). Shell of an undetei mined spe( ies. JOU-IOI. .Mat Ira. .\ s ' ni t lam. I'l.Nsi, >| .\ I ION. 102. lnt)teramus. • -in 103.— .\mmonite (allietl tt) the Naufilus of motlern seas), ;md a mass ot shells. 101. P.acnlite. Mould from which the shell has dropped. 10.'). Ostrea. Oyster .ainily. \0'u7 Inoteramtis IOC. Small shells, species unih termiiutl. lai I \i.o 1 \kK. 107- 1 OS. .Mattra. 10!>. Siiell t"raL;ments. 110. .Mattra. 111. Mass of sliell tVa.umetils. llL'll'V Inoceraiiuis. .\ common cretaieous hivaive shell. Division lY. Cretaceous Deposits. Int hides fossils obtained frt)m a ravine near Irvine Statit)n on the C". V. R.. antl tht)se found at the coal mine near Medicine Hat. The escarpment of sandstt)ne rock at Irvine is one of intense scientil'ic interest, on account of there being found here this summer the fragmentary remains of some huge forms of extinct reinilia. There is no tloubt that this place will ere lt)ng be- come a fieltl of scientific investigation. At Medicine Hat, where coal a]»pears along the banks ot the Saskatchewan about eight miles abt)ve the town, the print ipal fossils obtainetl are t)yster T 1 roniains and frajjim-iit-- dt |nliirii(l wrxul. Tlic sciim ol < imI wi)rk<'(l ;it |iri'soiU i^ I'lvr iVit tliic k, lil'O l'i.i,l IkIiiw il,c siiitaci.' of llic prairir. L'<» I'Jtt. Fra;;iiKntar\ itiuaiiis ot i \iiii( t Kcptiies Likely hriiiosauis. I "J I . Xritrhra ot a lar^c I )einosaiir. 1 ■_'!(/. \ \it( Ilia ot a hnltalo. 1'J'J-IlM). lia^DK'iitary r(.inain> ot a I >i,inosan!. I'Ik remains ot others wrir loimd in tlif same ravine, sonu imbedded in the sandstoni' roi ks hi;^h up the es( ai|tmLiit. the si/r ol the \ertelira iiulitates a huge (nrm. \-7 Sileiiile (sulphite ot liuK ) unc ryslalli/L(l. A < lear variety ot g)psum. \-!<. Seleiiite twin i r\slaU. !■-".• \'.\'2. S( leiute crystals, \'ery iomiiion in the drit't (lay. !.'?.'• I.'U, Mass ol' Si'lenite ( rystals. Common in maiiv |)arls ot'the Northwest. l:i") |;?7. ()Nirt.a. Ovstcr shell frajimenis. i:}K.--M.Mtia. Ml. OK INi HA r 139.— relrified wood. ( Onmion aloni; thr Saskatchewan. I 10. Petrified wood, showing a knot. Ill I i;i. Ostrea. Oyster shells, t'ound a tew tret above the (oal. 144.— Undetermined shells in thi'same stratum. Divisicn Y. LEiramie Deposits. I.mliiares spei iineiis tVom .m e>-( arpnuiit ot san-Utoiu' ro( k on the How river, six miles west ol ( al^ary. .\ln. Hi\alve and univalve shells are also < ommon. I l">, l"iU.- I'rotophvllum leal. 1 It), ("orylus leaf (ha/el.) 147. - .Alnus leal. (.Aider laimly.) 148.- Undetermined ^peeies. 1 lit. I'latanus leal. ( Plane tree fainilv,) l."»()(7. I'opulus leal. ( poplar tamil) . I l.")U/'. (Juereiis leaf. (< )ak family. ) l.")l-ir»L'. Unio. ("lam shells. I.").'?]")."). Univalve slu'lls. I.iki-ly genus \'ivi|)ara. Mist l.l.AM OUS. ( Kl.rA( KOI S. l.')G. — Ammonite, from near .Morleyville. 157. — Mactra. Clamshell. Pxlh li.'.r. 1.">.H, It.i^iuv 111 el .1 liir^c Aiiuiiiiiiiu. Nhowm;; v>i;, distiin ll) Uk; |h.< uliar Sinn luro of ihc ^v\Aa in llicsc slull.s. lii-lly livi-r. i:»'.t Hil.'. l''raL;iiu-iu^ »>l U.u ulius Iroiii Im1iih)1Uimi. Somi'liiiit-' lall.d tisli riiiKiin> and lutiilkil snakes. Tlic animal wliiiii uk iipicd liu' sua.glil sIilII was a intinhcr nl iIil- riillklisli lamily. lt;;V Coal troni I'lincr Alhirt. *H)4. " lAinionlon. lO'). M •j;i iiiilLS WLsl ol ( altars . 1(56. " S.') m\]v> Ik vond Cal^aiy. 107.- " IV'llv river.' H')7 very mu( h bent, showmg il to ha\e lulonLicd t<' an Indian accust>imed to tidiuL;. .180. iiivalve shell f und alongsiilc of 177, u.sed as breast ornament. •J(led for scrajiiufi hides. >i;i,l I riONS I ROM I III .\l-!( IIIVKs (II- I IIK IllslOKK \L s(H IKIA. .VLiieemcnl made at .Montreal between Joseph i-robisher \- Co. an] losoph I. a riasse. 17S I Agieuiiei.t made at .S7«rv /.r/.-'vV on behalf of the Noilluvcst Company between Cuthbert C.raiU (a very noted Norwcstcr. afterwards known as Warden of the I'lains), with jean 'IVsson (iu C.iant"s writing), 1JS7. .Xgreemeiit made at C.rand Tortage ( I'igeon River) by Norwest Com- ; am with a winterer, I "'.••''>. •'(). ■).)■) the |it.» uliar s ( allrd fish 1 llir -.UMiglil lie. pLlKll I))' t!u' lik's north ol Kivcr. riu' ;t i)()int above i11l!i into tlic . fi)f whom till- lit, showing It IH'llt. L-nt. say, liy nirdi :, thi'in to l)c ler vV Co. an-l Acst ('omjiaiiy Lirds known as inii), 17''^". S'orwcst ("oni •jrs. 224. oo,", :^L'<1. 9 Agic.Micnt Ufotv ;i notary in M..ntrc.',l. one- of tlr paitiis n< tint; Tor Ml- lavisl,, rohishcr v\- Co., l-cing .S„ Akxan.Iu Ma, kcn/ic (the great cxi'Iorcr and author), in I7!»7. Ledger and nu|ntorirs of ih. N.„wcst ( ...npanv, showing trade from their ions in the Interior, 1 Tlt.'-'-l 71M». Copy of a letter from Lord Selkirk to the Biitish C.overnment. in whi. h IS seen the l.eginning of the Red Kiur < (.Ionization s, hrnie. afterwards in JMl ,arned out l.y his Lordship, dated April 4th, IJ^O- hay hook ol No, we St Company, showing an entrv against Duncan aineron (who m IH].-, jnd,,,,,! two-thir.ls ofSelkiik' »..lonisis to leave Red River), \f<(Ut, List of La, ks made l)eyon,l the Ro,kv Mountains l.v N.hw.m Com- pany, IS()(. Lord .Selkirk's autograph, ISOK. Map of Re,l River an