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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Feb. 



Dr. Dawson moved the adoption of the following new by-law (of 

 which he had given due notice) which was unanimously carried : — 



" That ordinary members not resident in Montreal shall be 

 required to pay an annual subscription of $3, -and shall be entitled 

 to received the Canadian Naturalist for each year ; the said con- 

 tribution to be paid in advance, and such members to be design- 

 ated non-resident ordinary members." 



Mr. Rimmer made some remarks on the proposed amendments 

 to the Game Laws and read the draft of a report. His views had 

 not the support of the committee and the discussion was therefore 

 adjourned till next meeting. 



Mr. H. G. Vennor presented a catalogue of the birds noted on 

 the Great Manitoulin Islands, and accompanied it with a few obser- 

 vations on its physical features. Having given a brief topographical 

 description of the Island and a sketch of its geology, some 

 of the silicified fossils of the Clinton group from the neigh- 

 borhood of Lake Manitou were exhibited; also photographs of 

 glacial groovings and scratchings on rocks on the south shore of 

 the island. The following are extracts from the notes then read : 



" From the village of Manitouaning, a fair portage road or trail 

 leads off to the first and largest lake on the Island, Lake Manitou, 

 or the Lake of the Great Spirit. The portage is about three 

 miles in length and runs through fine open woods, compara- 

 tively free from under-brush. For the information of any who 

 may hereafter visit the Great Manitoulin, I may state that no 

 canoes are to be had on any of the interior lakes of the island, and 

 that it is not unusual to paddle for days on these, without even 

 meeting with an Indian family. Consequently all canoes and 

 Indians required have to be procured either at Little Current or 

 Manitouaning. * * * * * Manitouaning Bay is ten 

 miles long, and reaches to within two and one-half miles of South 

 Bay, on the South side of the Island, thus nearly cutting off 

 the unceded portion of the Island. 



" The waters of Lake Manitou are beautifully clear, and abound 

 in fine fish — such as Black-bass, Salmon and Brook-trout, 

 White-fish, and Perch. 



" At the extreme Western end of this lake the Indians cross by 

 a portage to another large lake called ' Mindemooya' or ' Old 

 Woman's Lake' ; here canoes have also to be portaged. 



" The whole of this portage is strewn over with very fine Clinton 

 fossils. The cliffs around this lake lie at some distance from the 



