Excerpt from Geological Survey of Canada: Report of Progress for the Year 1847-48 My duty, as Director of the Geological Survey of the Province, requires that I should report to Your Excellency the progress which has been made in the investigation in the course of the past season. The labors of my Assistant, Mr. Murray, have been devoted to an examination of part of the shores of Lake Huron those of Mr. Hunt, to the chemical analysis of various minerals and mi neral waters collected by himself on two different excursions chiefly, one to the Ottawa and one to the upper extremity of Lake Ontario, as well as of various substances obtained on the explorations both of Mr. Murray and myself. The Reports of Mr. Murray and Mr. Hunt I have now the honor to transmit to Your Excellency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.