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we tried. our utmost to reach the shore, but faihng, resolved to ::,vait 

 the time of high tide, which was lo p. m. Ten o'clock came, how- 

 ever, and we were still in the same condition, and so could do 

 nothing but remain where we were. The hours of that night vv'ere 

 the longest that I ever experienced. My brother was nearly frozen, 

 having been obliged to sit or lie in icy water all night. One of our 

 men had both his feet frozen, and several others were badly used up. 

 At last, however, the day returned, but still we were in the same 

 position. We could not hold out much longer j we must either gain 

 the shore or perish. At the time of high tide, the ice being some- 

 what loosened, our canoes were thrust into the pack, and by great 

 exertion we succeeded about one o'clock in reaching soUd ice, 

 and, for the last time, hauled out our noble little crafts. We had been 

 in them just 30 hours, battUng with the ice, exposed to a chilling 

 winter blast, our clothing frozen, and our bodies faint and numb 

 with starvation and cold." The lecturer then briefly outlined the 

 subsequent journey of the two guides to Fort Churchill on foot 

 through ice and snow, and the rescue of the party by a number of 

 dog trains sent out from that point. A brief discussion followed the 

 reading of the paper. 



Mr. Garner, the celebrated investigator of language in the 

 lower animals, who was present during the early part of the meeting, 

 also gave an interesting account of his recent investigations in Africa 

 into the nature of the language of the various monkey tribes. 



THURSDAY, MARCH 7th, 1895. 



SPECIAL MEETING. 



The Association met in the rooms of the Hamilton Art School, 

 President Briggs in the chair. 



This being a special meeting the usual order of business was 

 dispensed with. 



The President introduced Prof. R. L. Garner in his lecture 

 entitled " An Investigation of the Speech of the Lower Animals." 



Mr. Garner began with an account of the circumstances leading 

 him to undertake an investigation of the conditions of speech in the 

 lower animals. He next outhned the results of his experiments 

 among the animals confined in the zoological gafdens of America. 



