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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



From Eleven to Seventy-seven. 



CHAPTER ACTON VALE A, NO. 1 5. 



In opening our report, we would 

 acknowledge how much we have 

 prized The Guide to Nature. It was 

 a great opener of the eyes of our mem- 

 bers. We all appreciate it greatly and 

 it has increased our knowledge on very 

 mail}' p< >ints. 



( >n our roll we have twenty-one mem- 

 bers, the youngest being eleven years 

 old and the oldest seventy-seven. 



Although not so much has been 

 accomplished as was expected, yet a 

 fair amount of work has been done as 

 attested by the following" list of sub- 

 jects touched upon ; and not the least 

 benefit was from the discussion which 

 followed the lectures. There was a 

 little dabbling done in entomology. 

 Interesting papers were read on the 

 Polyphemus moth, the Calosoma cali- 

 dum, the honey and the bumble bee and 

 the house fly. In zoology the peculiar- 

 ities of frogs and dogs were brought 

 before us. In ornithology we had an 

 account of the indigo-bird. In botany 

 interesting accounts of the banana and 

 the cork oak of Spain occupied our 

 attention. Now beside these we lis- 

 tened to a description of the .Isle of 

 Madeira ; also an instructive paper on 

 banking: and the clearing house and one 



"TO SEVENTY-SEVEN" 



The Reverend Louis C. Wurtele, Acton Vale, 



Quebec, Canada. 



on the history of the Ruthelian Chris- 

 tians of Manitoba entertained us ; we 

 also were pleased with a short eluci- 

 dation of the first principles of elec- 

 tricity, and last but not least was a 

 dissertation on the Protozoa with the 

 Amoeba taken as an illustration. 



Thus the year has passed away and 

 we hope to do better in 1909. We all 

 unite in extending our heartfelt thanks 

 to our President, Edward F. Bigelow, 

 for his untiring devotion to the benefit 

 of The Agassiz Association in general. 



LOUIS C. WuRTELE, PRESIDENT. 



Acton Yale, Province of Quebec, Canada. 



"FROM ELEVEN" 

 Arthur L. .Moore. 



I have been reading the numbers of "The 

 Guide to Nature" so far issued with a great 

 deal of interest and I am glad that you have 

 started such a work and hope you will suc- 

 ceed with it. I have nearly every number of 

 the old "Observer" and that with a complete 

 file of "Science Gossip" furnishes me with 

 a nature library often consulted. I am only 

 too glad to l)e able to subscribe for a jour- 

 nal that will keep the work along up to date. 

 — F. S. Morton. 



