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fine grained and compact, rather tortuous in its course, but in a general 

 north-east and south-west direction. From the summit of the moun- 

 tain north-west of Wakefield Village, the valleys of the Gatineau and 

 Peche Rivers could be seen, and Table Mountain lay to the south some 

 8 or lo miles distant. In the lower portion of the Feche River valley 

 the rocks were found to be glaciated, grooved and polished during the 

 " Great Ice age," by the Peche glacier which used to descend and meet 

 a larger one in the present Gatineau River valley. It dcposi ed mo- 

 rainic drift along both sides of the valley, but left little alcng the points 

 and curves of this meandering villey. Whilst the summit of the 

 mountain itself is rounded, but not grooved nor polished, the gntissoid 

 rocks along the road and below the mills are beautifully polished, mdi- 

 cating the existence ot a glacier. 



In bringing the pleasant excursion to a close Mr Shutt congratu- 

 lated those present on the charmiig outing they had all enjo\ed. He 

 said that this would probably be the last of the Summer exjursions, 

 but that Dr. George Dawson, the President, had now returned to Can- 

 ada and d jubtless he would be uniiring in his efforts to assist the 

 Soiree Com nitlee in arranging a good programme, for the winter meet- 

 ings, which would appear in the Ottawa Naturalist shortly. He 

 trusted that the large attendance at the summer excursions might be 

 taken as an earnest of what we should see at the winter meetings. 



The city was reached at 7.30 after a rapid and pleasant journey. 



A water-colour sketch of the bridge and Peche River, made by 

 Miss L-zzie Perkins, a member of the Club, was much admired by all 

 who saw it Mrs. Chamberlin was also busily engaged in adding to 

 her now extensive collection of paintings of native fungi, and secured 

 some valuable specinens through the kind services of Prof. Macoun. 



H. M. A. 



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