CONTENTS 



Page. 



Officers of the Canadian Institute, 1888-9 iii 



Presidents since 1849 iv 



List of Members 287 



List of Exchanges 292 



Proceedings, Session 1888-9 1-58 



Sociological Circular 59 



Proceedings of The Ornithological Subsection 181-C03 



PAPERS. 



I. — The Mississaguas of Scugog. 



A. F. Chamberlain, M. A 2 



IL— Modern Hindi as related to the Ancient Sanscrit 

 and Prakrit 



Kev. S. H. Kellogg, D.D 4 



III. — The Science of English. 



W. Houston, M.A 5 



IV. — Heat and Heating BuildIiNGS. 



Charles Levey, Esq 7 



V. — Wealth and its Measurement. 



W. A. Douglass, B. A 7 



VI. — Hand Grenades and Coal Torpedoes. 



Daniel Lamb, Esq 9 



VII. — The Purpo.ses of Comets. 



J. A. Livingston, Esq 9 



VIII. — The Progress of Canada. 



J. Castell Hopkins, Esq 10 



IX. — Deluge Myths of the Canadian Indians. 



A. F. Chamberlain, M.A 11 



X.--A Case of Mesmerism. 



Charles Armstrong, Esq 12 



XL— Bibliography of Canadian Archaeology. 



A F. Chamberlain, M. A . 13 



XII. — The Luminiferous Ether 



J. M. Clark, M.A 15 



XIV. — The Blackfoot Confederacy. 



Rev. John McLean, M. A., Ph. D 17 



