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4. D Urban, on the valley of the River Rouge. — Giving catalogues 

 of the animals of a district but little known. 



ETHNOLOGICAL. 



Daivson, on aboriginal Antiquities in Montreal. — An interesting 

 paper respecting some Indian remains found in excavating 

 for buildings near Sherbrooke Street, and tendiog to prove 

 the site of the original Indian Village. 



BOTANICAL. 



7)' Urban, on the Flora of the Counties of Argenteuil and Ottawa. 

 — A valuable Catalogue of the plants of that part of Canada. 



Under this head may also be placed a very interesting memoir 

 and account of the labours of Douglas the great botanical explorer 

 of the West coast of America. — By G. Barnston, Esq. 



These papers contain a great deal of most interesting matter 

 on a variety of subjects ; and many of them are full of new facts 

 bearing upon Natural History and Geology, and though they may 

 be read afterwards in the pages of the " Naturalist," where, with 

 many other valuable contributions, they are placed on record, 

 yet to any young persons anxious to acquire any accurate know- 

 ledge, it would be far more profitable to attend the monthly 

 meetings, at which they are read, because they might acquire 

 much valuable information by conversation and enquiry, res- 

 pecting details growing out of these subjects. And it is certain 

 if a student once takes up a particular branch and follows it out 

 systematically in detail, that an immense amount of interest is 

 rapidly created ; and by careful observation, without any great 

 expenditure of time, he is soon able to contribute many useful facts 

 for the enlargement or correction of our knowledge of Natural 

 History. One great object of popular lectures, and public col- 

 lections in Museums, is to excite such a taste for Natural Science, 

 that in some persons at least a real interest may be created, and 

 the study systematically pursued. Kindred Societies elsewhere 

 in Canada are labouring in the same field, and each doing their 

 part ; let us rejoice with them in whatever success attends their 

 efforts: such as the Canadian Institute of Toronto, the Historical 

 Society of Quebec, and the Botanical Society of Kingston. And 

 through the pages of the Montreal " Canadian Naturalist," our 

 Society is now becoming known and valued far and wide by those 

 who are well able to appreciate its worth. Many copies of every 

 bi-monthly number are exchanged with other scientific Societies, 



