238 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. X. 



The Recording Secretary then read an abstract of a paper on 

 " The Surfrice Geology oF tbr; Baie de Chaleurs Region" by Mr. 

 R. Chnlmery. 



The paper appears in full in this number of the ^' Naturalist." 



The President directed the attention of members to a large 



specimen of fresh-water sponge found by R. J. Fowler, Esq., in 



a mill dam at Scotswood, P.Q., -md presented by him. to the 



Society. 



The seventh meeting was held on April 24th, the President in 

 the chair. 



Tt was decided to grant the American Association for the 

 Promotion of Agricultural Science the use of the Society's 

 Rooms for their meetings, to be held on the 21st and 22nd 

 August. 



Mr. W. F. Ferrier was proposed for ordinary membership. 



Recent donations to the Museum, consisting of mineralogical 

 specimens from W. F. Ferrier, Esq., and a Brazilian monkey 

 from Mr. F*apineau, were exhibited. 



Mr. J. T. Donald then presented a few <' Notes on Titanic 

 Iron." He stated he had examined a large deposit of this sub- 

 stance in the Laurentian country, north of St. Jerome, in the 

 parish of St. Agathe des Monts. The ore rested upon Labra- 

 dorite rocks. It contained 27>) per cent, titanic acid and 41.92 

 per cent, metallic iron. 



The President exhibited a remarkable inscription, consisting 

 of the letters J.C, M.J.F., with certain religious emblems, which 

 had been ens:raved on the bark of a beech tree and overi^rown 

 by a great number of annual layers of wood. It had been ob- 

 served in splitting the tree for firewood. The specimen was the 

 property of Mr. A. Oswald, of Belle Riviere, Two Mountains, 

 •md had been sent by him for exhibition at the request of Mr. J» 

 R. Dougall. In a botanical point of view the specimen is a 

 rare and remarkable example of the manner in which wounds on 

 the bark of an exogenous tree may be grown over and concealed. 

 It also showed the possibility of an inscription being perfectly 

 preserved in the interior of a tree when entirely concealed by 

 subsequent layers of wood and bark 



The President called upon Dr. Edwards to explain to the 

 meeting the general forms of microscopes and their illumination, 

 which that gentlemar. did. Dr. Edwards also stated that the 



