1870.] NAtURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 437 



agency of these sums or combinations of forces impressing the mind 

 with the ideas signified by the terms ' monad,' ' moss,' * plant,' or 

 ' animal.' " 



And Huxley, Thomas H., " On the Physical Basis of Life." TJuiver- 

 sity Series, Xo, 1. College Courant, 1870. 



Per contra, see the Address of Dr. F. A. P. Barnard, as retiring Presi- 

 dent, before the Am. Assoc, for the Advancement of Science, Chicago 

 meeting, August, 1868. " Thought cannot be a physical force, because 

 thought admits of no measure." 



Gould, Benj, Apthorp, Address as retiring President, before the 

 American Association at its Salem meeting, Aug., 18C9. 



Beale, Lionel S., " Protoplasm, or Life, Matter, and Mind." Loudon, 

 1870. John Churchill tt Sous. 



37 For au excellent account of this distinguished man, see Youmans' 

 Introduction to the Correlation and Conservation of Forces, p. xvii. 



38 Draper, J. W., loc. cif. 



39 Henry, Joseph, Agric. Rep. Patent Office, 1857, 440. 



40 "Wattees, J. H., an Essay on Organic or Life-force. Written for 

 the degree of Doctor of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania, 

 Philadelphia, 1851. See also St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, II, 

 V, Nos. 3 and 4, 1868, Dec, 1868, and I^ov., 10, 1869. 



41 LeConte, Joseph, The Correlation of Physical, Chemical, and 

 Vital Force, and the Conservation of Force in Yital Phenomena. Amer. 

 Journal of Science, II, xxviii, 305, Xov. 1859. 



42 LOMARBD, J. S. loc. Cit. 



43 Noyes, T. R., loc. cit. 



44 "Wood, L. H., loc. cit. 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, MONTREAL. 



Monthly Meetings for the Session 1870-71. 



First Monthly Meeting, October 31st, 1870, the President, 

 Principal Dawson, in the chair. 



The following donations were announced and exhibited : 



TO THE LIBRARY. 



Hooker's Himalayan Journals, 2 vols., illustrated ; and Gould's 

 Monograph of the Partridges of North America, with 32 colored 

 plates, of life size. Both from Major G. E. Bulger F.L.S., 

 F.R.G.S., &c. 



Catalogue of Fi.shes, vol. 8. From the Trustees of the British 

 Museum. 



