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guide. In regard to the Manitoba mounds, there is sufficient 

 historical evidence that at least 200 years have passed since 

 their erection. 



Mr. Browning described some graves he had seen in the 

 North-West, and enquired whether there was any theory as to 

 the mode of burial among the Indians. 



Mr. Bell replied that all the northern tribes adopted the 

 scaffold mode of burial. Since the arrival of the whites they 

 have gradually adopted their mode of burial. 



Mr. Hunter enquired whether there were any legends con- 

 nected with them. 



Mr. Bell — None whatever. 



The President presented the thanks of the meeting to Mr. 

 Bell for his valuable and interesting paper. 



THIRTEENTH MEETING. 



The Thirteenth Meeting was held on 27th February, 1886, 

 the President in the chair. 



The following list of Donations and Exchanges was read : 



1. Monthly Weather Review, Dominion of Canada, Jan. 1886. 



2. Electrical Review, Feb, 20th, '86. 



3. Annals of Mathematics, University of Virginia, Vol. II., No. 1, Sept. '85. 



4. Journal of the Chemical Society, New York, Vol. VII., No. 10, Dec. '85. 



5. The American Naturalist, March, '86. 



6. Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 



Vol. 15, No. 3. 



7. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. XXXIX., No. 240. 



8. The Chemical News, Feb. 12, '86. 



9. Cosmos, 8 Fevrier, '86. 



10. Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Marzo 1884, Marzo 1885. 



11. Jahresbericht der Geographischen Gesellschaft von Bern, 1884, 1885. 



12. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, Tome LXI. 



Nos. 1 et 2, 1885. 



13. Electricity, 6 Fevrier, '86. 



