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ful set of rules to be followed by the farmer for the procuring 

 and preservation of a pure water supply. 



The Local Committee of Arrangements, with Sheriff Sweet- 

 land as Chairman, and Mr. Thos. Macfarlane as Secretary, are 

 to be congratulated on the success that attended their labours 

 both before and during the convention. The visiting members 

 agreed that their reception had been most cordial and that the 

 hospitality they had received and the entertainments and excur- 

 sions provided had made their short sojourn in Ottawa a most 

 pleasant one. 



A Black Squirrel at Ottawa. — A fine Black Squirrel 

 was shot recently on the property of Mr. George Holland on the 

 Richmond Road. The specimen was in good condition and has 

 been well stuffed by Mr. Dupuy, of Hintonburgh. It is now in 

 the possession of Mr. Holland. The Black Squirrel, which is a 

 melanic variety of the Gray Squirrel {Sciurus Carolinetisis), is 

 very rare at Ottawa. There are only one or two records of its 

 having been seen here. 



SOIREES. 



The usual Evening meetings will be held during the com- 

 ing winter for Lectures, the reading of Papers and Short Notes, 

 and the reception of the Reports of the various Branches. It is 

 hoped to make the exhibition of specimens and informal discus- 

 ions conspicuous features of next winter's meetings. Members 

 of the Club who are desirous of submitting papers are invited to 

 communicate with the Soiree Committee or with any member of 

 the Council as soon as possible, so that the programme may be 

 arranged without delay. 



The names of the members of the Council are printed on 

 the last cover of each number of the Ottawa Naturalist. 



