THIRD SERIES. VOL. VI. FASCICULUS No. 1. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE, 



TORONTO 



/ Being a Continuation of the ^ Canadian Journal " of 

 Science, Litep^ature and History. 



OOaOBEI^.. 18B8- 

 Whole No. Vol. XXIV.] [No. 50. 



CONTENTS 



Paor. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, MEETINGS 1—25 - - - . 1 



THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING . . 4(i 



REPORTS OF SECTIONS - .(7 



ANNUAL REPORT r.H 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS ■'-« 



SOCIOLOGICAL CIRCULAR <i-.i 



MAMMALIA OF CANADA. By J. B. Ttrrbll, B.A., F.G.S - - - - ■ - 00 



DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE. By Horatio Halr, Esq. ... - - 92 



DAVID THOMPSON. By J. B. Tyrrell, B.A., F.G.S 135 



FRANCO-CANADIAN DIALECT. By J. Squair, B.A - IGl 



CANADIAN SPRUCES. By George Lawson, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C - - - - 169 



ELOCUTIONARY DRILL. By T. B. Browning, M.A. - - - - - - 181 



TORONTO : 



THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY LIMITED. 



1888. 



