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the youth found his stomach an uncomfortable residence, and healing 

 his sister lamenting on the shore he called to her and 'told her 

 to take off her shoe, and throw it into the whale's mouth, but to keep 

 hold of the string. This the girl did, and the whale soon had to 

 disgorge the young man, who was landed safe and sound on the shore. 

 But the angry whale lashed the sea so vigorously with his tail that 

 the waves mountain-high overwhelme 1 the earth. Of all the inhabi- 

 tants the young man and his sister alone escaped. The Hareskin 

 legend, of which Kunyan is the hero, resembles the Dog-rib story,- 

 except that the beaver is the successful diver. 



The Ojebvvays of Lake Superior and Lake Huron relate the myth 

 in a similar way to the Hateskins and Dog-ribs, but the hero of it is 

 the demi-god Nanabojou or Nanabush, who saves himself by climbing 

 to the top of the tallest pine on the tallest mountain in the world. 

 The work of restoration is similar to that of the Noahs of the Hare- 

 skins and Dog-ribs. With the Ojebways of Lake Huron, the cause 

 of the Deluge is that Nanabojou killed the white lion who dwelt 

 beneath an enchanted lake, whose water in anger after his death 

 overwhelmed the whole earth. Nanabojou's refuge was a tall pine, 

 which in I'esponse to his entreaties grew taller and taller as the flood 

 rose higlier. The Mississagua story is very similar to this ; with 

 both, the muskrat is the successful diver. 



Mr. Charles Armstrong gave a statement of a remarkable 

 experience of the influence of mesmerism attending the recent 

 amputation of one of his fingers. The statement was as 

 follows : — 



It became necessary a short time since for me to have a finger 

 amputated, so I applied to Dr. Emery to do it for me. In reply to a 

 question, I told him that I objected to chloroform, and would not take 

 it. We then made an appointment for next day, Friday, December 

 14th, at his office, and, on arriving, I was introduced to Prof. Sey- 

 mour by the doctor, who asked me if I would object to the professor 

 making an experiment to control the nerves go as to prevent, pain. I 

 consented, but did not think he would succeed. Everything being 

 ready, the professor took my arm and passed his hand along it for the 

 first time, and then said he was ready. I saw the doctor take up the 

 knife, and, leaning my head back, looked up, determined to show no- 



