tliose wlio make Science tlie deliglitful occupation of their leisure 

 hours; to arrange excursions to diiferent points of interest in the 

 neighbourhood; to facilitate the exchange of specimens and the 

 completion of sets; to form periodical exhibitions of natural 

 objects;— these, among others, are the objects contemplated by 

 thos^ who have undertaken the management of this Magazine. 



It is therefore hoped that the members of Scientific 

 Societies will avail themselves of the opportunity thus afforded to 

 make their discoveries and rambles less circumscribed in their 

 usefulness than they generally are. The pages of this Journal 

 will then become another means of diffusing knowledge and 

 pleasure. 



Halifax, Sept. 3rd, 1866. 



