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make a Saturday afternoon visit, on August 2nd, to Duck Island, seven 
miles below the city. 
The only other event of interest concerning the Club’ during the 
summer was the very creditable exhibit made at the Dominion Exhibi- 
tion, when the following prizes were taken by its members: In the 
botanical section, the Ist by the 1st Vice-President and the 2nd by the 
Secretary. Mr. W. H. Warrington took Znd prize for his collection of 
insects, and Mr. Gilbert Heron an extra prize for his collection of shells, 
while Dr. J. A. Grant’s exhibit of fossils and Mr. W. L. Scott’s of 
native birds’ eggs were highly commended by the judges—a record of 
which a young Club like ours may well feel proud. 
Our winter course of Soirées, of which the last was held last night, 
has been very successful in every respect. At each of these, with one 
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exception, two papers were read, many of them the result of personal 
observation, and illustrated by original diagrams and specimens. The 
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papers read covered a wide range of subjects, as will be seen from the 
following list, and were listened to by fair audiences, the average 
attendance being about 55, 
The following are the titles of the papers read: Monday, Novem- 
ber 24—Inaugural Address, Mr. J. Fletcher ; Graphite of the Ottawa 
Valley, Mr. W. H. Harrington. Monday, December 15—On the forms 
and structures of some Spongille found in the Ottawa, Dr. A. F. Kemp; 
The connection of Botany with Mythology, Mr. R. G. Haliburton. 
Friday, January 16—Cystidian Life, Dr. J. A. Grant; Museum 
Education, Mr. H. B. Small. Friday, February 6th—On the Contract- 
ility of the Spores of Palmella Hyalina, Dr. A. F. Kemp ; Asbestos, 
Mr. W. P. Anderson. Friday, February 20th—A Practical Demon- 
stration of the Human Brain, Dr. J. A. Grant. Friday, March 5th— 
Design in Nature, Mr. W. D. LeSueur ; Land and Fresh Water Shells 
of the Ottawa Valley, Mr. G. C. Heron. Monday, March 15th—On 
some Insects captured at our excursions, Mr. W. H. Harrington ; 
On some Plants collected during our excursions, Mr. J. Fletcher. 
At most of these Soirées there were on exhibition botanical and 
other specimens coilected during the summer by members of the Club. 
