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4. Les Progrès de la langue française écrite au Canada, par M. Alphonse Lusignan. 



5. Coup d'œil sur notre Littérature nationale (canadienne-française), par M. N. Legendre. 



6. Etude historique: Nos trois héroïnes — Mme de Champlain, Mme de la Tour, Mlle M. de 



Verchères, par M. J. M. Le Moine. 



7. Une visite à Abbotsford au château de sir Walter Scott, en Ecosse, par M. J. M. Le Moine. 



8. Le Laboureur canadien d'autrefois, par le lévérend T. Lafleur, présenté par M. A. Lusignan. 



9. Le Siège de Québec en 1759, d'après des pièces inédites, par M. l'abbé Casgrain. 



10. Les origines de l'imprimerie au Canada, par M. Philéas Gagnon, présenté par M. l'abbé 



Casgrain. 



11. Lefl Merveilles de la Création dans les petites choses, par M. l'abbé Provencher. 



12. Le District des Trois-Eivières, par M. B. Suite. 



13. Le Tremblement de terre de 1663 dans la Nouvelle-France (Canada), par M. Alphonse 



Gagnon, présenté par M. l'abbé Casgrain. 



14. L. J. Papineau, d'après quelques fragments de sa correspondance, par M. A. D. De Celles. 



15. Jacques Cartier : Questions de Droit International, etc., par M. l'abbé Yerreau. 



Report of Section II. 



The Secretary of Section II begs to report that the following papers were read at the meetings 

 of the section : — 



1. The site effort Latour. By W. J. Ganong, M.A. Communicated by Dr. Geo. Stewart, F.EG.S. 



2. Ticonderoga and its Memories. By Dr. W. H. Withrow. 



3. Cape Breton and its Memorials of the French Eégime. By Dr. Bourinot, C.M.G. 



4. Notes on a Hooped Cannon found at Louisbourg. By Eev. Dr. Patterson. 



5. Governor Murray and the first years of British Eule in Canada. By John Eeade, M.A, 



6. Opportunities for the study of Folk-Lore in Canada. By the same. 



7. The Bethucks or Eed Indians of Newfoundland. By Eev. Dr. Patterson. 



8. Notes and Observations on the Shusvvop Peoj^le of British Columbia. By Dr. George M. Dawson. 



9. Grammar of the Haida Language, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. By the Eev. Charles Hai'- 



rison. Communicated by Dr. George Dawson. 



10. The Ethics of Crime and Punishment in Primitive Canada. By J. M. Le Moine. 



11. Language as a Test of Mental Capacity. By Horatio Hale. 



12. Lessing's Laokoon : A Vade Mecum for Critics. By William C. H. Wood, Quebec. Commu- 



nicated by Dr George Stewart, F.E.G.S. 



13. A Proposal for a Dominion Text Book of Canadian History. By Professor J. Clark Murray. 



14. Ville Marie. A Poem by the Very Eeverend ^neas McD. Dawson. 



15. Notes by the late Eobert Morrow, of Halifax, (1) The Discovery and Colonization of Green- 



land in the Tenth Century. (2) Early Scandinavian Voyages to America. Communicated 

 by Dr. Sandford Fleming, C.M.G. 

 17. Descriptive Notes on certain implements, weajwns, etc., from Graham Island, Queen Charlotte 

 Islands, B.C. By Mi-. Alex. MacKenzie. Communicated by Dr. G. M. Dawson. 



There were present at the meeting twelve out of nineteen members. Sir Daniel Wilson and Mr. 

 Charles Mair sent excuses for their non-attendance. 



The section unanimously elected Prof W. Clark of- Trinity College, Toronto, a fellow of this 

 society, and begs leave to ask the ratification of that election by the Eoyal Society. Prof. Clark will 

 occupy the vacancy caused by the lamented death of the late John Lesperance. 



