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following,* concerning the medal of the I^oyal and Patriotic Society 

 of Upper Canada, 18 12 : — 



' ' One hundred pounds were voted to procure as many medals of 

 silver as it could afford, and the following description was sent to 

 England : ' Medal to be 2 j4 inches in diameter ' — In a circle 

 formed by a wreath of laurel, the words 'For Merit.' Legend : 

 ' Presented by a grateful country.' On the obverse, ' a streight be- 

 tween two lakes, on the north side a beaver, (emblem of peaceful 

 industry) the ancient armorial bearing of Canada. In the back- 

 ground, an English lion slumbering. On the south side of the 

 streight, the American Eagle planeing in the air, as if checked 

 from seizing the beaver by the presence of the lion.' Legend, 

 'Upper Canada Preserved.' " 



Dr. Robert Bell, of the Geological Survey of Canada, says, "I 

 have occasionally seen the Indian coat-of-arms representing the 

 beaver, rudely carved or scribbled on flattened sticks, especially 

 near lake Huron, about 30 years ago, when their totems were more 

 visible than now. They were principally on ' head-sticks ' or 

 ' death-sticks ' at graves, or by chance on a scrap of wood or birch- 

 bark at an old camp." 



According to "Dame Heraldry," General Guy Carleton, in re- 

 cognition of his successful efforts to withstand the American inva- 

 sion of 1760, received the following honors: "He became Lord 

 Dorchester, and after returning to England, was elected a Knight of 

 the Order of the Bath ; and the beaver, which abounds in Canada, 

 was given him as his supporters, one wearing a mural crown about 

 his neck, and the other a naval coronet, in honor of his successful 

 endurance of the seige at Quebec, and his victories on Lake 

 Champlain." 



J. Redpath Dougall, of the Montreal " Witness," in 1890, wrote : 

 ' ' I am interesting myself in procuring a simplification of the bear- 



* Copied almost verbatim from the " Report of the Loyal and Patriotic Society," published 

 in Montreal, 1817. 



