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Field Day. 



The annual field day of the Society was held on Saturday, 

 June 7th. At ten o'clock about one hundred and fifty 

 ladies and gentlemen assembled at the Windsor -street 

 station, where, through the courtesy of the Canadian Pacific 

 Eailway, four fine drawing-room cars were placed at their 

 disposal. In addition to members of the Natural History 

 Society, there were strong representations of the Camera 

 Club, the Entomological Society and the Agassiz Association. 

 On arriving at their destination the party met a delegation 

 from Ottawa, consisting of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' 

 Club and their friends, in all about fifty. 



The objective point, Lachute, was reached in season for 

 an early lunch. On disembarking, the excursionists 

 were cordially welcomed by the mayor, Dr. Smith. In 

 the absence of the president, Dr. Harrington, and of 

 the honorary president, Sir ¥m. Dawson, Prof. Pen- 

 hallow, as vice-president, replied to the mayor on behalf of 

 the Society, welcomed the Ottawa delegation and an- 

 nounced the programme for the day. Immediately after 

 lunch the various parties dispersed in different directions 

 under their respective leaders. Many visited the Lachute 

 paper mills, to which an invitation had been extended by 

 Mr. J. C. Wilson. Another large party visited the cart- 

 ridge factory, where they received many courtesies at the 

 hands of the manager, Capt. Howard. The entomologists 

 under Mr. Jas. Fletcher and Mr. Caulfield ; the geologists 

 under Dr. Ells, Mr. Whitman and Mr. McOuat ; the botan- 

 ists under Prof. Penhallow, and the Camera Club under 

 Mr. Henderson, all found, in their respective fields, oppor- 

 tunities for profitable employment. 



At four o'clock the party assembled at the Post Office,, 

 where the various collections were examined and prizes 

 announced. Mr. Whitman made some remarks upon the- 

 geology of the district, pointing out that in the immediate 

 vicinity were localities which had gained great repute 

 among geologists on account of the special work of Sir Wm. 

 Logan in connection with them. Eemarks on the insects. 



