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eluded his remarks with notes upon the agricultural, forest, 

 mineral and other natural capabilities of that region. 



Mr. J. B. Tyrrell then followed and described the " Barren 

 Lands " through which he had traversed in several directions. 



Mr. A. P. Low then described the "Labrador Area," the 

 special district which had fallen to his lot to explore. The 

 evening proved a most interesting and instructive one. 



The February issue of the OTTAWA NATURALIST, Vol. X, 

 No. II, pp. 201-216, 1897, contains a full account of the explora- 

 tory surveys and remarks made by Dr. Dawson, Mr. Tyrrell 

 and Mr. Low. V/e hope to publish Dr. Bell's remarks in a 

 forthcoming report uf these transactions. 



February 4TH, 1897, Ottawa Literary and Scientific 'Society. — 

 This evening was occupied with " The Lyric Poets of the 

 Sixteenth Ce?itiiry" by Duncan Campbell Scott, who kindly 

 undertook to fill the gap caused by Mr. W. D. Lesueur's illness. 

 The latter had intended to present to the audience a lecture 

 entitled ; " The Meaning and Value of Culture.'' 



February 25TH, 1897, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. — " The 

 American Lobster" by Andrew Macphail, B.A., M.D., CM. 



This lecture proved a most instructive one and was illus- 

 trated by means of lime-light views, microscopic slides, and also 

 by specimens. The lecture will probably appear in a forthcom- 

 ing number of this journal, and need not be referred to at any 

 greater length at present. 



March 4TH- — " Weather'' by Otto J. Klotz. Esq. 



This lecture is now in the press and will be published in 

 the MaY number of the Ottaw^A NATURALIST. It was illus- 

 trated with a number of excellent lantern slides and much en- 

 eyjod by all who were present. 



