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brance." In our da^-, when evolution appears to be universally 

 and firmly established, it would seem onh' a mere waste of time on 

 the part of the average parson to arrest its progress by appeals to 

 ignorance and prejudice. Attacks on Darwinism have merely led 

 to a ver\^ great increase in its followers, and a wider and more ex- 

 tended study of the writings of the great scientific men on the sub- 

 ject. The clergy of the various Chrislian denominations have al- 

 ways been admitted to l^e an advertisement which science certainlj' 

 appears unwilling to ignore. In discussing the matter recently the 

 writer's attention was directed to the following paragraph occur- 

 ring in an English publication : 



" A certain Bishop, as he was going about his diocese, asked 

 the porter of a lunatic asylum how the cliaplain, whom he (the 

 Bishop) had lately appointed, was getting on. ' Oh, my lord,' said 

 the man, ' 'is preaching is most snccessful. The hidiots henjoys 

 it bin particular.' " 



In the late published Proceedings of the Hamilton Scientific 

 Association the figure No. i accidentally represented as " Dendro- 

 graptus " is one of the lyichenalias obtained in situ beyond the 

 rock cutting on the Grand Trunk line close to the stream which 

 crosses the road near the little Horseshoe Falte. I placed the orig- 

 inal, which I am of opinion may be a new bryozoon, with some 

 other fossils from our local chert beds of the Niagara series. In 

 the plate the lyichenalia was displaj^ed upside down. 



It is unnecessary for me to explain mj' reasons for resigning 

 the Curatorship of the Museum. The removal of all the flat cases 

 by a few members of the Council while concealing their intention 

 from the very person responsible for the proper arrangement of the 

 Museum would alone be sufficient to justify me in the ej'es of any- 

 one acquainted with a Curator's office for the step I was forced to 

 take. All members of the Hamilton Scientific Association were 

 aware of the fact that the present quarters were inadequate as a 

 museum and lecture-room, so when we failed recently to procure 

 additional accommodation, the Council apparently concluded to fix 

 up a few upright cases with shelves, cram the contents of all the 

 flat cases into these, in accordance with peculiar ideas regarding 



