222 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
The following list of donations and exchanges received 
since last meeting, was read: 
1. Science, Vol. 3, No. 59, March 21, 1884. 
2. Life and Work of Darwin, by George Acheson, M. A. 
3. Triibner’s American, European and Oriental Literary Record, Vol. 4, Nos. 
11, 12. 
4, Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, 1881. 
5. Science Record, Vol. 2, No. 5, March 15, 1884. 
6. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada for the years 
1882 and 1883. Vol. 1, Montreal, 1883. 
Mr. Henry Brock then read a paper on 
THE UPPER NIAGARA RIVER. 
The Border land has long been a theme for novelist and poet, and 
pen-pictures of the stirring scenes amongst the Grampians, the 
plateaux and peaks of the Tyrol, and along the vine-clad banks of 
the Rhine have been depicted with the fervour of enthusiasm by the 
many Jovers of what has tended towards forming the national 
character of their native land. 
The border land of Canada has been the scene of many a heroic 
contest. And from Frontenac’s struggles against the Mohawk and 
Troquois, until the days of Earle’s Hill and Limeridge, the Canadian, 
whether of French or English descent, has proved true to his native 
land. My intention this evening is to touch upon but a small por- 
tion of this interesting subject. Leaving out the country bordering 
on Memphremagog and Champlain, the noble St. Lawrence, and the 
clear flowing Detroit and St. Clair, I must content myself if I can 
bring before you a few reminiscences interesting to the antiquarian 
or historian of the Niagara Frontier, and particularly that portion 
of it which is commonly known as the “ Upper Niagara River.” 
Commencing at a point where 60 years ago a village hamlet stood 
with a few hundreds of a population, but where now 200,000 busy 
people are continuing the struggle for existence in the great city of 
Buffalo, and flowing in a north-westerly direction from Lake Erie, the 
Niagara River separates Canada from the United States. On the 
Canadian side of the river, just opposite Buffalo, are the remains of 
what was formerly Fort Erie. The fort is entirely dismantled, and 
is marked only by a few earthen ramparts fast settling down to the 
ordinary level. It was at this place that the Fenians of ’66 crossed, 
