The Ottawa Naturalist, Volumes 1-3Citizen Printing and Publishing Company, 1887 - Natural history |
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Page 30 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: "Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Page 93 - ... granted, until the discovery of the vein, lode or deposit of mineral or metal within the limits of the location or claim. On discovering a mineral deposit, any person may obtain a mining location, upon marking out his location on the ground, in accordance with the regulations in that behalf, and filing with the agent of Dominion lands for the district, within sixty days from discovery, an affidavit in form prescribed by mining regulations, and paying at the same time an office fee of $5.
Page 93 - Lands not appropriated or reserved by government for other purpotes, and may search therein, either by surface or subterranean prospecting, for mineral deposits, with a view to obtaining a mining location for the same, but no mining location shall be...
Page 89 - President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and confirmed. The President appointed as Scrutineers of the Ballot, Mr.
Page 42 - ... battle ground, so to speak, of the advocates of the rival theories of continental glaciation and floating ice. The results thus far obtained from a somewhat careful study of its glacial phenomena, however, point to conclusions which are at variance with those held by extreme glacialists, and show that the theory of local glaciers upon the more elevated portions of the country and icebergs or floating ice striating the lower coastal areas during the Post-Tertiary submergence of these, as maintained...
Page 78 - Province, and furnish a full and scientific description of its Rocks, Soils and Minerals, which shall be accompanied with proper Maps, Diagrams, and Drawings, together with a collection of Specimens to illustrate the same...
Page 68 - Canadian geology, no observer was more accurate than Dr. JJ Bigsby, Secretary to the Boundary Commissioners under the Treaty of Ghent. His range of investigation extended from Quebec to Lake Superior, and beyond the limits of the Province in that direction ; and he has accumulated and published a great store of facts, upon the exactness of which the greatest reliance can be placed.
Page 42 - Tertiary submergence of these, as maintained by Sir William Dawson, will serve to explain all the observed phenomena. The term ' local glacier ' I define as an ice-sheet limited in extent, that is, confined to one valley or hydrographic basin, whether large or small, and influenced in its movements by local topographic features, such as mountains, water-sheds, hills, or the valleys of the larger rivers. The data have been collected chiefly by the staff of the Geological Survey ; but Sir William Dawson,...
Page 93 - At any time before the expiration of five years from the date of recording his claim the claimant may, upon filing proof with the local agent that he has expended $500 in actual mining operations on the claim and by paying to the local agent therefor $5 per acre cash, and a further sum of...