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zest for knowledge at first hand. Very little of such work can be 

 done in the schoolroom. So much the better, if it is not, provided 

 that the impulse and direction come from the teacher, in the organiza- 

 tion of an Out-door club, a Ramblers' club, an Observation club, a 

 Snow-shoe club, or whatever it may be termed, provided there is a 

 definite end in view. Interested students will not be satisfied with 

 investigations in their own district. They will come to find out that 

 every hill, every valley, every river, stream, lake, bog, has some 

 peculiarity, in formation or in the life which inhabits it, which stamps 

 it as different from every other hill, stream, lake, etc., found elsewhere. 

 They will have an interest in comparing their own section with others, 

 and hence will travel into other sections or meet with other students 

 to compare the results of their observations. This is the spirit of 

 investigation that is abroad everywhere in this nineteenth century, 

 and one is surprised that it has not taken a greater hold in this 

 province, where so much awaits the enthusiastic and keen-eyed 

 explorer, and where such matchless scenery tempts him to its rivers 

 and woodlands. 



In Massachusetts out-door clubs are found everywhere through the 

 state for the exploration of its mountains, hills and streams. Many 

 individuals in these clubs are tempted by fishing, hunting, or the mere 

 love of adventure, but others are investigating the occurrence and 

 extent of plant and animal life, and other out-of-door problems, 

 combining this free life with the healthful exhilaration that springs 

 from quest and discovery which give tone and relaxation to body and 

 mind. There have been many in our own province who have united 

 this spirit of scientific investigation with a keen love of nature, and 

 among many I may mention the late Edward Jack, C. E , whose 

 knowledge of the natural history and resources of the province were 

 gained through explorations' for many years, during summer and 

 winter, over large areas of New Brunswick. If the results of these 

 explorations, which were published from time to time in newspapers 

 and magazines in Canada and the United States, could be collected 

 and published, they would stimulate many amateur explorers to collect 

 and publish information about sections of the province that are too 

 little known. We have all been greatly interested in the physiographic 

 and natural history notes that Dr. Ganong has furnished this Society, 

 the results of his explorations in different parts of the province; and 

 we have endeavored to give the widest publicity possible to these 

 notes, with the hope that they will direct the attention of our amateur 



