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Mr. Vaux : The next toast is, " Our kindred Soci- 

 eties IN EVERY CLIME," and we would suppose that 

 to that sentiment it was very easy to make a reply, 

 but the difficulty was where to look for the replier. 

 It seemed reasonable to think that the proper place 

 to look for it was where arts and sciences were 

 in a highly flourishing condition, so they sent to 

 Boston, and Prof. Joseph Lovering, LL.D., President 

 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 

 was requested to be present this evening and make 

 a reply to this toast. He is not here. He wrote a 

 letter which indicated, as I understood, that he would 

 be here, but something has prevented his coming. 

 I have, on behalf of the Committee, been requested 

 to interpret this absence, but it is a very difficult 

 thing to put the interpretation which I hope will be 

 agreeable and acceptable to everybody here and at 

 the same time acceptable to my distinguished friend, 

 Dr. Lovering. The arts and sciences of New England 

 are not to be present, and I have no reason to'give why 

 not. So the art and science of it is to leave me the ex- 

 cuse, and I make the excuse for him. Yet the art and the 

 science belong to that part of the globe of which he is 

 an inhabitant. Therefore, we will have the Art and Sci- 

 ence omitted, and ask you gentlemen to drink to the 

 third toast : "All research into the Book of Nature 

 HAS NOT discovered AN ERRATUM." It seems to be a 

 generally accepted idea by those who are philosophers 

 and scientists that the best possible reply which could 

 be made to that sentiment will be given to you by Sir 

 Daniel Wilson, LL.D., F.R.S.E., President of the Uni- 

 versity of Toronto, and if he has found any one of 

 those errata he will have the opportunity now to tell 

 you which one it is. 



