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2. Sphcerites glahratus, Pelates latus, two Sylphids, also from Queen Charlotte 

 Islands. 



3. Myodites Zeschii, from Nepigon. 



4. Gortyyia immanis, the collar worm of the Hop, several specimens, male and 

 female, of the moth together with pupte and larvie preserved in alcohol, were exhibited 

 and a statement made of injuries done to hop gardens in Prince Edward county. 



5. Cantharis Nuttalli, a beautiful blister-beetle from the North-West Territories, 

 where it had been abundant and injurious in the perfect state during last summer, but 

 probably did good service in the larval condition by feeding on locusts' eggs. 



After spending some time in the examination of specimens brought by members, 

 and contained in the Society's cabinets, and in comparing notes on various matters of 

 entomological interest, the meeting, which was greatly enjoyed throughout by those who 

 were present, was brought to a close. 



A VISIT TO THE CANADIAN HAUNTS OF THE LATE PHILIP 



HENRY GOSSE. 



By Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, South Quebec. 



One stormy night in the winter of 1863 I was visiting at a friend's house in Laprairid 

 when amongst the books on the table I found a copy of the Canadian Naturalist. I took 

 it to my room and was fairly carried away with it I forgot the lateness of the hour ; 

 I heard not the beating of the storm upon the roof and winiow ; I was transferred in 

 imagination to the township of Compton, and wandered with Gosse along Bradley's 

 Brook, and into the Brult^, and on the banks of the Coaticook. On my return to Montreal 

 I acquired a copy of the work, which became, for a time, my constant companion. 



In the Canadian Naturalist are to be found, as might be expected, many mistakes 

 and imperfections ; but it is, notwithstanding these, a charming work. The author seems 

 to have thrown his life into it, and to awaken with a magic touch responsive feelings to 

 his own in the reader's bosom ; and — to speak after a heathen fashion — the book is 

 redolent with the worship of Pan. 



My interest in Gosse was increased during eleven years residence in Cowansville, in 

 the Eastern Townships ; for, during the greater portion of that time, I had for my near 

 neighbor, and intimate acquaintance, Mr. G. E. Jaques, with whom Gosse came from 

 Newfoundland, and with whom he lived in the summer seasons of his stay in Canada. 



Of the persons who knew Gosse in his Canadian days but few survive, and the traces 

 of his residence here are rapidly disappearing. It has been thought well, therefore, that 

 I should place on record such reminiscences of him as I have been able to gather. 



I made my first visit to Compton in 1864. The building in which Gosse taught the 

 " Winter-school" was then much as it was in Gosse's day ; and it is still substantially 

 the same. It is a frame structure, in the ordinary village style, painted red, " picked 

 out " with white. It stands at the outskirts of the village on the Hereford road. While 

 I was examining it on the occasion referred to, I was joined by Mr, Logee — commonly 

 called " Major Logee." We fell into conversation, and I asked him if he had known 

 Gosse. " Why, yes,'' he said, " He boarded at my hotel. Come to the house !" The 

 house was within sight, a few rods distant, and standing alone.* It was a commodious 

 two-story building with a double verandah. 



Mr. Logee spoke of Gosse's quiet and studious habits, and evidently entertained a 

 pleasant remembrance of his young boarder of long ago ; " but," said he, " the people 

 here used to speak of him as that crazy Englishman who goes about picking up bugs." 

 One sentence in the Canadian Naturalist shows that Gosse was quite at home in the 



* It still stands, but now in a street of cottages. The major has been dead for some years. — T. W, F^ 



