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4. Science, Vol. V., No. 112, March 27th. 1885. 



5. Contributions to North American Ethnology, Vol. V. , from the Bureau of 



Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 



6. Curious Facts Concerning Man and Nature, Medical Series, Nos. 3 and 4. 



Probable Epithelioma cured by Astringent Washes. Reminiscences 

 of Eev. Dr. Wells. Presented by Dr. Samuel W. Francis, Newport, 

 Rhode Island. 



7. The American Journal of Science, April, 1885. 



8. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. 



9. The Lineal Measures of the Semi-Civilized Nations of Mexico and Central 



America, by Prof. Daniel G. Brinton, Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Philadelphia. Presented by the author, 



10. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. XLV., No. 4, 



February, 1885. 



11. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften ; herausge- 



geben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg, VIII. Band, 

 Hefte I., II., III. 



12. Bulletin de la Soci6t6 Royale de Botanique de Blgique, Tome Vingt- 



troisi^me, 1884. 



Mr. James Bain, jun., read a paper on "The Present Condi- 

 tion of the old French Fort at Ste. Marie " : 



Mr. Bain briefly summarized the history of the French mission to 

 the Hurons from 1633 until its destruction in 1649 by the Iroquois. 



After describing the fort and church built by the Jesuit Fathers 

 at their mission station of Ste. Marie on the River Wye, near the 

 present town of Midland, he exhibited a ground plan, extracted from 

 the Relations des Jesuites, showing the line of fortification and the 

 moat which surrounded it. 



He stated that in 1856 some of the walls were six feet high, but 

 on visiting it in 1884 he was grieved to find that the only traces of 

 it were to be found in a few heaps of earth and broken stone. After 

 describing the general appearance of the surrounding country, Mr. 

 Bain presented to the Institute a plan showing the present positions 

 of the earth heaps and of the depressions where the moat and canal 

 had been. 



Mr, Boyle stated that the collection of antiquities on the 

 table was intended as the beginning of a collection to be kept 

 in the Institute, and spoke of the necessity of preserving speci- 

 mens and records. Ruins should be observed, measurements 

 taken, drawings made, &c. Farmers and others should be 

 asked to be careful of discoveries. He himself had made a 

 discovery of beads in a cave on the Grand River. Referring 



