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bo far more efficacious in the destruction of vermin than a year's 

 shooting while it would be absolutely impossible for them to 

 damage the trees, which gunning often did. — Mr. Albert Carr 

 mentioned that these snakes were frequently found in ants' nests 

 but though fat beaiing plentiful marks of the ants' mand bles. 

 — Mr. [Jrich thought it highly improbable that the snakes lived 



i either the ants or their larvae. They probably found the 

 ants' nesl a suitable retreat. — Dr. Rake said, as the Members 



snt all probably knew, Mi-. Broadway had been appointed 

 ',■ if the Botanic Gardens, Grenada, and as this was the 

 last m ■ sting before his departure, he would take the opportunity 

 of proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Broadway for all the valu- 

 able services he had rendered the Club since its foundation and 

 wishing him every success in his new position. Mr. Broadway, 

 he continued, always contributed to the success of the meetings 

 by i ixhibiting interesting specimens, — the case of butterflies he had 

 shewn that night w T as a good example — and, he (the speaker) 

 was sure Mr. Broadway would be much missed at future meetings. 

 The motion was seconded by Mr. Potter and unanimously carried. 

 Mr. Broadway, who was loudly cheered, thanked the Members in 

 suitable terms, after which the meeting adjourned at 9.10 p.m. 



CLUB PAPERS. 



NOTES ON " CAMPING-OUT, - ' FISHING AND CARIBOO 

 HUNTING IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 



By the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel. D. Wilson, C.M.G. 



N a moment of enthusiasm, after listening to an interesting and 

 instructive paper read by one of the young members of the 

 Field Naturalists' Club, I was weak enough to remark " I wish 

 '• in my younger days, when I frequently spent weeks and months 

 '• at a time in hunting, fishing and shooting, in tin.' Backwoods of 

 " New Brunswick, I had'' — as was so strongly advised by, I think, 

 the President of this Club ■" made a note of every thing and redly 

 studied Natural History in every detail. ' By that innocent remark 



I gave myself away, for an energel ic mber at once collared me, 



and said, " you must give us a paper about "huntingand the back- 

 woods," and I half promised to look up some of my very rough 

 notes and do so. They were notes, not written by a "Field Natu- 

 ralist," but merely by a very ordinary sportsman as a short diary 

 of events during some hunting and shooting trips in the far north. 

 Even a half -promise ought to be kepi if possible as the Canny Scot 

 would say — and that is my excuse for being before you to-night. 



