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for we now r knew the best way to go and did not leave the creek valley 

 except at the canyon, and there by climbing a few hundred feet the 

 steep rocks were avoided ; the great trouble was to move slowly 

 enough, for in four hours after we had left our camp on the mountain, 

 scratched and torn we had reached our boat at the lake. 



EXCURSIONS. 



The excursions held by the Club during the past season have been 

 remarkably successful in every way. In addition to the general excur- 

 sions sub-excursions have also been made under the guidance of the 

 leaders upon the Saturday afternoons throughout the summer. These 

 will be mentioned in the Annual Reports of the Branches. 



Excursion No. 1. — May 31, 1890. — A most successful field-day 

 was held to Butternut Grove, in the Chelsea Mountains, as the first 

 General Excursion of the Club. The locality was a new one, and 

 proved to be all that could be desired. The members and their friends, 

 to the number of 130 availed themselves of this opportunity to spend a 

 pleasant and instructive day in the woods. The weather was simply 

 perfect, and the interest shewn by all was a guarantee of the thorough 

 enjoyment which everyone shared. At 4 o'clock the genial and pop- 

 ular President, Dr. R. W. Ells, having called the party together 

 beneath the refreshing shade of a grove of beech trees, congratulated 

 all present upon the complete success of the day ; he then asked the 

 leaders to speak of the various treasures collected in their several 

 branches during the Excursion. Mr. Fletcher was first called upon ; 

 he spoke of the rarer and more interesting plants. Mr. Kingston, who 

 followed him with observations upon birds seen during the day, found 

 an attentive and eager audience. Mr. T. J. MacLaughlin, when speak- 

 ing of the insects which had been taken, made an eloquent addresss 

 and touched up n some of the points of the theory of development as 

 illustrated in the insect world. Mr. H. M. Ami explained concisely 

 the geological formation of the district, and was followed on the same 

 subject by Prof. Bailey, F.R.S.C, of the University of New Bruns- 

 wick, and also a member of the Club, who expressed his pleasure at 

 being able to attend one of the excursions of the Club, of which he had 

 often read accounts. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Horace 

 T. Martin, of the Montreal Natural History Society, addressed the 

 meeting. He spoke in high terms of the systematic manner in which 



