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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



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AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDING-S OF THE CAIADIAl INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, JANUARY, 1853. , 



CONTENTS: 



Transactions of the Canadian Institute 121 



The President's Annual Address 121 



On the Rocks of Canada, by W. E. Logan, F.R.S., & G.S.. 124 

 Louisburg, Cape Breton, by G. S. T. Stratford, M. R. C. S., 



England 126 



Davis's Report on the Nautical Almanac 129 



The Ancient Miners of Lake Superior, by G. Whittlesey. . 132 



Extracts from Exhibition Lectures 135 



C orrespondence, — 



Montreal Natural History Society 137 



Editorial Notices 138 



Reviews, — 



The Canadian Agriculturist 139 



• The Genesee Farmer 13^ 



Scientific Intelligence, — 



Brown Coal Deposits in Vermont 139 



Photographic Landscapes on Paper 141 



On the Motion of Fluids in the closed Galvanic Circuit. 142 



Spots on the Sun 142 



On the Freezing of Vegetables 142 



Shooting Stars .. 143 



Monthly Meteorological Register 143 



Notice of a Binocular Mici'oscope ^.. 144 



Miscellaneous Intelligence, — 



Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railroad 144 



PUBLISHED BY HUGH SCOblE, TOR^^NTO, il 



FOB THE '•<:i^6JiOKM 1^1 US^"^,"*;:; 



COUNCIL OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. ' 



All Communications to be addressed to the Editor of the Canadian Journal, Torontd. Remittances to be sent to the 



Treasurer of the Canadian Institute. 



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