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bur j, Vernon-Harcourt, among eminent public men; the Canadian 

 Sir William Dawson, and many others, made indeed a " goodly com- 

 pany." Above the stage hung the arms of Toronto and of Evans. 

 In a few very simple sentences Lord Lister handed over the presi- 

 dency of the association to Sir John Evans, who then proceeded to 

 deliver his formal address, to which reference will be made further 

 on. At the close short speeches were made by the Governor-Gen- 

 eral, a man of tall and elegant aspect, of vivacious and rather youth- 

 ful manner, and of great simplicity and cordiality in personal 

 intercourse; then by Lord Kelvin, gray-haired and gray-bearded, 

 wearing the elaborate insignia of the Grand Cross of the Victorian 

 Order, who seconded the resolution of thanks to President Evans 

 in a speech testifying his appreciation; and finally by Mayor Shaw, 

 of Toronto, who put the resolution to vote. The manner of doing 

 this differed constantly from ours; in no case were ayes called for, 

 but the audience was requested to express its assent by applauding; 

 this was done eagerly and warmly; and then, as the assemblage 

 rose, it broke out into singing God Save the Queen as by a spon- 

 taneous impulse of loyalty. 



President Evans is a bright, active-looking man, grizzled and 

 elderly, but not aged, of medium stature, and with a pleasant though 

 keen expression of countenance. There is nothing remarkable in 

 his appearance, and one might pass him many times without imagin- 

 ing that he occupied so eminent a station in scientific circles. His 

 address was one of much ability and great clearness, and developed 

 some aspects of remarkable interest. His presentation of archaeol- 

 ogy as a true science, and of its relations to other departments, was 

 admirable, and his concluding suggestions as to the immense break 

 in time that intervenes between the palaeolithic and the neolithic 

 vestiges of man were striking and forceful. 



The general feeling of cordiality toward the American visitors 

 and members, which appeared in constant allusions, was early voiced 

 in the address of Sir John Evans. After referring to the Montreal 

 meeting of 1884, and now to this second visit of the British Asso- 

 ciation to Canada, he went on to say : " Our gathering this year pre- 

 sents a feature of entire novelty and extreme interest, inasmuch as 

 the sister association of the United States of America still mourning 

 the loss of her illustrious president, Professor Cope and some other 

 learned societies, have made special arrangements to allow of their 

 members coming here to join us. I need hardly say how welcome 

 their presence is, nor how gladly we look forward to their taking 

 part in our discussions and aiding us by interchange of thought. To 

 such a meeting the term ' international ' seems almost misapplied. 

 It may rather be described as a family gathering, in which our rela- 



