XVI OBITUARIES. 



Writings of General Campbell Hardy. 



1855. — Sporting Adventures in the New World; or, Days and 

 Nights of Moose-hunting in the Pine Forests of Aca- 

 dia, 2 vols. 12 mo. London, Hurst and Blackett, 1855. 



Vol. 1, xii + 304 pp., with coloured frontispiece, "Moose- 

 huntiiifj;" (his first moose at Scraggy Lake, March, 1853); 

 Vol. 2, viii + 299 j)])., witli coloured frontispiece, "The 

 Bivouac' (cani}) at Scraggy Lake, March, 1853). "A 

 Catalogue of the Birds of Nova Scotia," pp. 291-299. 



1863. — Nocturnal Life of Animals in the Forest. (Read 2 

 Feb. 1863). Trans. N. S. Inst. Nat. Sc, vol. 1, pt. 1, 

 pp. 11-19, Halifax, 1863. 



Notes on nocturnal life of animals and birds in Nova Scotia. 



1864. — On the Capelin {Mallotus villosus). (Read 7 Dec. 

 1863). Trans. N. S. Inst. Nat. Sc, vol. 1, pt. 2, 

 pp. 4-13, Halifax, 1864. 



Describes this fish and its habits as observed in Newfoundland 

 in 1863. 



1864. — Sketches in Our Neighbourhood: an afternoon with 

 Downs. Acadian Recorder (newspaper), Halifax, 1864. 



The first published notice of Andrew Downs and his zoological 

 garden at head of Northwest Arm, Halifax. Reprinted in 

 Hardy's "Reminiscences of a Nova Scotia Naturalist," 

 pp. xiii-xx. 



1865. — On Provincial Acclimatization. (Read 5 Dec, 1864). 

 Trans. N. S. Inst. Nat. Sc, vol. 1, pt. 3, pp. 15-30, 

 Halifax, 1865. 



Deals with a subject which has not received much attention 

 of late, but which at that time was much discussed, and for 

 forwarding which there were societies in London, Paris, etc. 



1866.— Nova Scotian Conifers: Part 1. (Read 3 May, 1866). 

 Trans. N. S. Inst. Nat. Sc, vol. 1, pt. 4, pp. 

 120-130, Halifax, 1866. 



Describes the Black Spruce, White Spruce, Hemlock Spruce, 

 and Balsam Fir. Part 2 never appeared. 



1867.— On the Beaver in Nova Scotia. (Read Dec, 1866). 

 Trans. N. S. Inst. Nat. Sc, vol. 2, pt. 1, pp. 17-25, 

 Halifax, 1867. 



Descnjition of beaver dam and houses at Tobiaduc Brook, 

 Queens Co., N. S., Aug., 1866, and of the general habits of 

 the animal, from careful personal observation. 



