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have been so few and so imperfect ; and my apology 

 for occupying the time of the Society must be the 

 great hope I have of drawing forth the general 

 knowledge, and in so doing of increasing my own, 

 by attracting the attention of the members of our 

 Society to the treatment of the pulp at a time when 

 that subject is daily assuming greater prominence. 



Should any gentlemen feel inclined to follow 

 out this subject, they will find on the table some 

 specimen leaves of a proposed note-book. 



In thanking you, Mr. President and gentlemen, 

 for your patient listening to my paper, I wish I 

 could flatter myself by concluding in the quaint 

 words of Quarles — " 1 wish thee as much pleasure 

 in the reading as I had in the writing." 



