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and a Hebrew scliolar, one who had the courage of his opinions, 

 and one who had Christian experience and common sense. Now 

 it was not easy to find such a man ; but there was such a man in 

 Canada, the discoverer of the earliest form of life amid the rocky 

 deposits of that vast continent. We remember him as a few years 

 ao-a the President of the British Association, and we welcome his 

 arrival amongst us again to-day, as that of one who by his many 

 valuable works has done more than almost anyone else to confirm 

 the faith of doubters. (Applause.) 



[Sir William Dawson was among the first to join the Victoria 

 Institute, of which he has now been a leading member for twenty- 

 seven years, and to him the Institute is specially indebted for 

 many papers and communications. — Ed.] 



Dr. MacGtREGOR. — I desire to congratulate my friend, Dr. 

 Walker, on his interesting and instructive paper. Though I am 

 not, perhaps, an Egyptologist, I can corroborate everything that 

 he has said, having lived ior some time in Egypt. 



The Chairman. — Allow me to thank Dr. Walker for his excellent 

 paper. In regard to the remarks made by Canon Girdlestone, I 

 think I may return them with interest, for if there is anyone to 

 whom I am indebted for guidance in Biblical matters, it is to 

 Canon Girdlestone. I think he is a very earnest and successful 

 defender of the Old Testament. With regard to Dr. Kinns' 

 remarks, I am quite prepared to concede the parentage of the 

 finder of Moses — that she may have been Rameses' sister and 

 Seti's daughter ; but it would take a somewhat longer argument 

 to induce me to yield to the earlier date of Joseph. My own idea 

 is that the earlier date has been breaking the link of connection 

 unnecessarily between Egyptian and Hebrew history ; but if 

 that subject be brought up at some future time, it may be 

 an opportunity for arguing a somewhat important question. I 

 finally ask those present to testify, by a vote of thanks to the 

 author of the paper, their interest in what he has read to us, and 

 their appreciation of the value of this rehabilitation of Herodotus, 

 as it has been very properly called to-day. 



The Author, having expressed the great pleasure it had afforded 

 him to read his paper, the Meeting was then adjourned. 



