On Glacial Shell-beds in British Columbia

TLDR: For instance, in the summer of 1884, a visit to the city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, with the purpose of examining the glacial phenomena so finely developed in the vicinity, l~ot having foreseen that I should visit this place, I had not acquainted myself with the geology of the neighbourhood, so that it was not until after I had left the island that I became aware of the researches of previous observers; and, lacking this knowledge, I spent the greater part of my time in working out for myself what I might very quickly have learned

Abstract: Part I. Vancouver Island. Introductlon .―Having occasion to remain for nearly a month in the ‘city’ of Victoria, Vancouver Island, in the autumn of 1884, I had an opportunity of examining the glacial phenomena so finely developed in the vicinity, l~ot having foreseen that I should visit this place, I had not acquainted myself with the geology of the neighbourhood, so that it was not until after I had left the island that I became aware of the researches of previous observers; and, lacking this knowledge, I spent the greater part of my time in working out for myself what I might very quickly have learned from others. while studying the magnificently glaciated rock-surfaces near the city, I found it necessary to follow the highly indented coast-line of this part of the island, and, in doing so, found in two places marine shells in the Boulder-clay. The occurrence of shells in these glacial beds has been previously recorded by Mr. H. Bauerman (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xvi. p. 198) and by Dr. G. M. Dawson (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xxxiv, p. 89). The first-named gentleman merely mentions the presence of “casts of shells ( Cardium and Mya ) in a yellowish sandy clay” at :Esquimault Harbour. Dr. Dawson, in his excellent memoir, has a fuller, though still brief account, which I will give in its integrity as I believe that it includes all that is at present known of the subject. I will afterwards add my own observations, which I hope