FRUIT GROWERS AT KINGSTON. 



Fig. 1036. — Princ"ip.\l (;r.\nt. 



Principal Grant himself, was a fre- 

 quent attendant at our meetings, and 

 seemed to take the deepest interest in 

 all our discussions He even presided 

 at the session of Thursday evening, and 

 imparted his own enthusiastic spirit to 

 the whole meeting. Some one well 

 remarked, after hearing his admirable 

 address, and his conduct of the meeting, 

 " Truly there is only one Principal 

 Grant." 



During the evening Prof. Knight, also 

 of Queen's gave an address on " Organic 

 Evolution," a subject somewhat foreign 

 to our discussions, and evidently not 

 wholly relished by all present, many of 



whom are still among those styled by 

 the Doctor " The hopeless minority." 

 The lecturer well presented the theory 

 of evolution, and aimed at proving the 

 common origin of plants and animals 

 from " one undifferentiated mass of pro- 

 toplasm " as Dr. Bastin puts it. That 

 the vermiform appendi.v proves man's 

 common origin with the cow ; the gill 

 slits in the human fcx-tus his common 

 origin with the fish ; his upward turn of 

 the aorta before carrying the blood down 

 the legs his relation to the birds, is in 



Fig. 1037. — Prof. Knight. 



Fig. 10.38.— Rev. I)k. I'.ki.l, 



our humble opinion begging the whole 

 question. However, we have no fear 

 that science and religion will ever dis- 

 agree when fully understood, and if 

 evolution is a correct theory, it will not 

 contradict Genesis. 



The Rev. Geo. Bell, of Queen's also 

 contributed an excellent paper on " Fruit 

 as Food and Medicine." The Doctor 

 is one of the oldest and best friends of 

 the Association in the vicinity of King- 

 ston, and to him is due a special debt 

 of gratitude. This paper will appear in 

 full in our report. 



The great attraction of Thursday 

 afternoon and evening was the presence 



