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EVENING LECTURES. 



During the past month two most successful meetings of the Club 

 have been held. On January 5th, Prof. John Macoun, Botanist, and 

 Naturalist of the Geological Survey Department, delivered a most 

 entertaining lecture on the Fauna and the Flora of the Selkirk sumnaits. 

 The large audience listened attentively while the lecturer discoursed 

 upon the many and varied features of that remarkable range of moun- 

 tains, the natural history of which he has examined more critically than 

 any other living man. At the conclusion of the lecture, many questions 

 were asked as to the altitudes which certain trees reached. The dis- 

 cussion was joined in by Messrs. J. Craig, H. M. Ami, A. G. Kingston 

 and J. Fletcher. A paper on the Mineral Waters of Canada by Mr. H. 

 Peareth Brumell of the Geological Survey Department was read by 

 title. 



January 19th, Food in Health and Disease, was ably treated by 

 Dr. L. C. Prevost, who kept the attention of one of the largest audiences 

 which has ever honoured the club. The subject, which is necessarily 

 of interest to every one, was rendered more than usually attractive by 

 the Doctor's original manner of presenting it, and the only regret of 

 those present was that they could not enjoy in a material sense the 

 many tempting luxuries mentioned in the bill of fare, given by the lec- 

 turer as a menu for the dinner which he described so graphically, 

 and at which he invited them to join him. A cordial vote of thanks 

 was proposed by Mr. J. Fletcher and seconded by Mr. J. G. Whyte. 



THE FOLLOWING ARE THE TITLES FOR THE FEBRUARY LECTURES : 



Feb. 2. — " Narrative of a Journey in 1890, from Great Slave Lake to 

 Beechy Lake, on the Great Fish River," from the journal 

 of Mr. James McKinley, Officer in charge at Fort 

 Resolution, H.B. Co.— Mr. D. B. Dowling. 



Feb. 16. — " The Development of Varieties and the Multiplication of 

 Individuals in Horticulture." — Mr. John Craig, 



" .My Aquarium/'— Mr. H. B. Small. 



