iV REPORT OF DELEGATE TO ROYAL SOCIETY. 
handsome residence of the late Sir Hugh Allan, who gave ta 
Canada the noble line of steamships that bear his name, passed 
on above the reservoirs that regulate the water supply of the 
city, ascending in this way to the summit of the mountain, from 
which spreads in every direction the most enchanting and exten- 
sive view of the conntry around. At our feet in Sunday 
quietude and silence lay the City of Montreal, every tower and 
spire (Notre Dame conspicuous) easily distinguishable. Next the 
noble river with its wealth of shipping at the quays, the Victoria 
Bridge, its chief feature——and then the country beyond and 
around on all sides, studded with villages and farms—the whole 
embracing a circumference of fifty miles or more. There were 
not many on this hot day who had achieved so elevated a posi- 
tion—but the scene well repaid the exertion. The mountain 
with its palatial residences, religious houses, and sylvan scenery, 
presents of itself a richly picturesque appearance. At this height 
and so early in the season, indicatory of the rapidity with which 
spring or summer succeeds the intensity of winter’s cold around 
Montreal, the ground was covered with quite a luxuriant growth 
of herbaceous plants and wild flowers in full bloom and rare 
beauty, not having, so far as we are aware, their counterpart in 
Nova Scotia (of which our New Brunswick botanical friend took 
particular notice), completing the beauty of the glorious prospect. 
We could have remained for hours in admiration of the lovely 
panorama, and its natural and artificial beauties, but a gathering 
rain obliged a reluctant retreat, and highly delighted as we had 
been, we descended the mountain, but at a much more rapid 
pace than we had taken to gain the summit, somewhat tired 
withal, and glad to arrive as quickly as possible at the shelter of 
our hotel. 
The train left for Ottawa, 120 miles, on Monday morning, 
which was reached by 12 noon. The country everywhere had 
thrown off its winter garb. There were no lingering patches of 
ice or snow. Wild flowers, skirting the track, met us at inter- 
Vals, this time of a bright yellow colour, clustering like primroses. 
Our friend, the sole New Brunswick botanical delegate, spoke 
of them as not being indigenous either in that Province or Nova 
