CONTENTS. 
Officers of The Canadian Institute, 1898-99 : : : ; ; : 5 . 
. i ; 1899-1900 
Preface 
The Early Days of the Canadian Institute ; : 
SIR SANDFORD BLEMING, K.G.M.G., LL-D., F.R.S.C;, Etc. 
Memoir - - : - ; 3 : : ‘ - : : - 
KIvas TULLY, C.E. 
The Iroquois Beach : - : : é ; 
PROFESSOR A. P, COLEMAN, PH.D. 
The Iroquois Shore at Toronto : - ; ; : 5 ; : ‘ 
Fossils of the Iroquois Beach Deposits 
Freshwater Shells from Other Lake Deposits . 
Age and Conditions of the Iroquois Beach Deposits . 
The Geological History of Lake Superior . 
Dr. ROBERT BELL, F.R.S. 
The Origin of Gender. : : : - 5 : : 
PROFESSOR A. J. BELL, PH.D. 
On the Classifications of the Déné Tribes : . 
Rev. FATHER A. G. Morice, O.M.I. 
The Use and Abuse of Philology 3 : ; . 
REv. FATHER A. G. Morice, O.M.,I. 
Appendix . : : : : . : ; 
Decipherment of the Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Central America 
JOHN CAMPBELL, LL.D., F.R.S.C. 
Chapter I. Palenque and Its Ruins 
a II. The Tablet of the Cross 
* III. Maya-Quiche Documents and the Material for Their De- 
cipherment : ‘ ‘ ‘ ° 
ue IV. The New System of Reading the Hiergglyphics: the 
Groups on the Left . ; : 
a V, The New System of Reading the Hicrogiyphics the 
Groups on the Right : ‘ ° : ; 
“§ VI. The New System of Reading the Hieroglyphics ? the 
Detached Central Groups ; : ; ‘ 
s VII. The Text and Translation of the Tablet 
