LXX EOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



11 est projDOsé par I'honorahle Joseph Eoyal, secondé par Joseph Marmette, que B. Suite soit 

 nommé pour dresser le catalogue des livres et des études publiés en langue française dans notre pays 

 pendant l'année 1894-95. Adopté unanimement. 



Il est jiroposé par M. l'abbé Gosselin, secondé par L. Frechette, que MM. Suite, DeCelles et Mar- 

 metle forment le sous-comité d'examen des manuscrits à imprimer. Adopté. 



Les membres suivants de la section ont pris part aux séances : J.-M. LeMoine, F. -G. Marchand, 

 honorable Joseph Eoyal, Louis Frechette, l'abbé A. Gosselin, Mgr C. Tanguay, B. Suite, Joseph- 

 Edmond Eoy, A.-D. DeCelles, Joseph Marmette. 



Des lettres ont été reçues de la part de MM. Verreauet Tassé, expliquant leur absence par cause 

 de maladie. 



D'un choix unanime, les officiers suivants ontété élus pour l'année 1891-95 :— 

 L'abbé H. Verreau — Président. 

 L'honorable Joseph Eoyal — Vice-président. 

 Joseph-Edmond Eoy — Secrétaire, réélu. 



J.-Edmond Eoy, F.-G. Marchand, 



Secrétaire. Prés, pro tem. 



Ottawa, 25 mai 1894. 



Report of Section II. 



Ottawa, Mat 25, 1894. . 

 The following papers were read before the section : 



1. The Supernatural in Nature considered in the Light of Metaphysical Science. By the most 



Eeverend Dr. O'Brien, Archbishop of Halifax, N. S. 



2. The Cabot Voyages of 1497 and 1498. By Dr. S. E. Dawson. 



An inquiry into the landfall of both these voyages and into the situation of the Island of St. John. 



3. The Philology of the Ouananiche. By E. T. D. Chambers. Communicated by Dr. Geoige 



Stewart, F.E.G.S. 

 The authoi- refers to the many forms of the spelling of the name of Canada's fresh water salmon 

 that have perplexed the readers of its literature. 



4. Language as a (criterion of Ethnological Certitude. By the Eev. Father A. G. Morico, O.M.I. 



Communicated by Dr. G. M. Dawson. 

 When it is a question of determining with precision and without fear of error the ethnographical 

 differences upon which is based the distribution of mankinil into distinct races, philology alone is 

 entitled to unqualified confidence and respect. In the words of Gallatin, language " is found to be 

 a more enduring monument of ancient affinities than the physical type, and there is no tribe however 

 situated from which this proof of affiliation should not be obtained." To prove that this statement 

 is far from exaggerated is the object of the monograph. 



5. The Sun Worshipjiers of the Canadian Northwest. By Lieutenant-Governor Schultz, LL.D., of 



Manitoba. Communicated by Dr. Bourinot. 

 This is an account of the religious beliefs, traditions and worship of the Bloods, Piegans and 

 Blackfeet of Canada and of some tribes south of the boundary, with speculations as to their origin and 

 migration, and a review of their present condition, &c. 



6. The Innuits of Our Arctic Coast. By Lieutenant-Governor Schultz, LL.D., of Manitoba. Com- 



municated by Dr. Bourinot. 



This is an account of the habits, traditions and religious belief of the Esquimaux, from 

 Ungava Bay, in Labrador, to Alaska, with some speculations as to their origin, their relations with 

 other Indians of the Arctic circle, and their probable fate. 



