CONTENTS 



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OFFICERS FOR 1905-06 -3 



OFFICERS SINCE 1S57 4 ■ 



MEMBERS OF COUNCIL 6 



ANNUAL MEETING 8 



REPORT OF COUNCIL 9 



INAUGURAL ADDRESS ir 



RIVERS OF CANADA , 24 



IMMUNITY .... 34 



LABRADOR ECLIPSE EXPEDITION 48 



ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE ORIGIN OF THE HEBREW 



PEOPLE 61 



THE PROGPvESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY 7.S ■ 



PRINCE ALBERT TO FORT CHURCHILL 84 



VACATION RAMBLES IN THE OLD LAND 97 



GEOLOGICAL SECTION- 

 REPORT OF THE SECTION 105 



NOTES ON THE PAST COLLECTING SEASON 107 



ADDITIONAL NOTES 115 



NOTES GEOLOGICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN 121 



NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, MONTREAL 123 



ASTRONOMICAL SECTION- 

 REPORT OF THE SECTION . 125 



THE MOTIONS OF THE EARTH (Syfiopsis) 127 



THE SUN (Syvopsis) 127 



THE END OF THE WORLD 12S 



SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1905 136 



USES OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN ASTRONOMY (Synopsh) . 139 



THE EARTH'S BEGINNINGS ^ . 140 



MOTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES (Synopsis) . . 145 



THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD (Syn.) 145 



ERUPTIONS AND EARTHQUAKES {Synopsis) . . . . 146 

 BIOLOGICAL NOTES— 



OUR NATIVE TURTLE i47 



CORVINE, OR CROW CONGRESSES 149 



CAMERA SECTION- 

 SECRETARY'S REPORT ...... 151 



CURATOR'S REPORT i53 , 



TREAS^'RER'S REPORT 154 



LIST OF EXCHANGES i55 



LIST OF MEMBERS 160 



