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(-onlributions to the progress of AniiTiLati geologj'. Indeed, his description of ihe new reil aandstone flora of North Cnrolina is, so valuable, that the U. S. geological survey has recently reproduced the descriptions ami all the pInlcB given hy Kinmons in the sixlh part of his ' American geology.'

Although educated in accordance with the Turitan discipline of the old New-England pattern, Professor Emmons was of a cheerful iind most amiable disposition, and was re- spvolcd and beloved by all who came in con- tact with him. I eanuot better Rniafa this too short notice of one of the greatest pioneera of American geology, than by quoting the opinion uf one who was acquainted with him duriug his whole life, the respected and beloved Rev. Mark Hopkins, long president of Williams college, who says, "Emmons was a man of remarkable powers and great accuracy of olj- B«rvatlon. lie seemed to have an intuitive jiercoption of tlio differences in natural ob- jects. He possessed an intense enthusiasm In his work, but in bis manner was remarka- bly i|uieL. I have never seen the two things combined lo the some estcut. His persever- ance knew uo limit. It ought lo be added, that, in connection with his science, he was deeply tcligtous. Williams college is greatly ln<lebted to Mm for its collections in natural bistorj'," JoLBS MAKCor.

��TUB ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA.

Thk fourth annual meeting of the Royal society of Canada took phice last week in Ottawa. The proceetlinga extended over fonr tla\ti. beginning on Tuesday the 26th; and the atb-ndonce of members and delegates was, on the whole, very satisfactory, though not quite (Mjnal lu uumlter to that at the last meeting. r fellows, about forty were registei-cd, while thirteen olllliated societies were represented by dok'gates.

Tuesday was entin?]y devoioii lo the gen- eral meeting of the society, the morning l>eing occupied by (brmal busiuesa anil the reception of reimrts tVom delt^tes and committees; the aftcnioou, by tbo addresses of the president, Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, Vice-lVesiilents Ilr. D.

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Wilson and Hon. P. J. Chauveau. and his e; eellency the marquis of Lansdowne ns hoi ary president. Dr. Hunt, in the course of hi address, took occasion to urge strongly utility of the establishment of accurate tidj observations on the coasts of the Domiuion, while the vice-president, in reriewing the work of the society, pointed out the special necessity of immediate eflbrt in connection with etbuolo- gical research. .

" The society is divided into four sections, — m two dealing with French and English literati ture, history, and allied subjects, respectiTely j one with mathematical, ph.ysical, and ctiemlcal sciences; and one with geological and biologi- cal subjects. Over thirty pajjers, in all, were presented; the meetings of sections going on simultaneouajy, and occupying the greater part of the time on Wednesday and Thnrsdaj. The papers of a purely liter.iry or hi6tori(»l character scarcely fall within the provini of this journal. The following notes en brace merely the salient points of some of th< more important or novel scientific communi- cations: —

In a paper on the mesozoic floras of a portion of the Rockj' Mountaiu region north of the 49th parallel. Sir William Dawson re- feri'fid specially lo a remarkable Jura sso- creta- ceous flora recently discovered, which occupies a stage much lower than the Dakota beds^ and gives evidence of a great basin of lowe^ cretaceous rocks in that part of the north-tresQ The paper was illustrated by a suite of specC^ mens. A second paper by the same author* related to certain new points in the geology of Prince Edward Island, and the correlation of the rocks of the island with the Permo-carbo- niferous, Pei*mian, and triassic, as proposed by Mr. Bain. Mr. G, F. Matthew contribnted "" third part of his investigation of the Csmbrii fauua of the vicinity of St. John, N.B., ini__ catiugtho division of the Cambrian into several subordinate series, the relations of which, nitb their Euro|)ean and other equivalents, were dis- cussed. In the Rev. Dr. Houeyman's essm on the geolc^v of M'Sab's Island, Halifax, — point which gave rise to some discussion in " section was the described oeciir]T>nce of ^" ally transported fragments of trap nocks' lifcfe' those of the Bay of Fundy, These must haTe been carried across Uie entire width of Ihe peninsula of Xova Scotia. Prof. E. J. Chap- man ga^e the results of a close examinatioa of the Wallbridge hematite deposit in Ontario. which he considered as typical of a large class of ore-deposits In that region, and proTed id be an irregular mass or ■ slocfc-work ' peoetrat-

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