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NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS FOR THE SESSION 1877-78. 



MONTHLY MEETINGS. 



1st Monthly Meeting, held October 29th, 1877. 



Principal Dawson read a communication " On some Fossil 

 Remains of Phoca Greenlandica," forwarded by Dr. Grant of 

 Ottawa. 



Mr. A. R. C. Selwyn exhibited and described a large calcareous 

 sheath of an extinct geyser, disinterred at Three Rivers, and 

 sent to the Museum of the Geological Survey by M. Genest. 



Dr. Graham Bell's Telephone was exhibited in operation by 

 Mr. Murray of the Canadian District Telegraph Company, and 

 placed in communication with Emmanuel Church. The instru- 

 ment was explained and illustrated by Dr. Baker Edwards, and 

 conversations, music, &c, successfully transmitted. 



2nd Monthly Meeting, held November 24th, 1877. 



A paper was read by Mr. G. L. Marler on the Society's 

 excursion to Oka, also an account of the settlements of the 

 Indians there. 



Principal Dawson read a paper " On the recent Earthquake, 

 with an historical sketch of celebrated Earthquakes in Canada." 



A very fine display of Canadian fish and game was huno- in 

 the lecture room, being a portion of the Canadian food collec- 

 tion prepared for the Paris Exhibition by Dr. S. P. May, and 

 chiefly collected from the markets in Montreal during his brief 

 Vol. VIII. cc No. 8. 



