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of thought and scene, and nowhere can more complete 

 change be found than in the fairyland of nature. The man 

 who perpetually harps upon one string will no doubt be- 

 come familiar with its vibrations, but he will never be a 

 musician, and he who, year in and year out, keeps his nose 

 on the same griudstone, is not likely to become a man of 

 much breadth of view. 



I do not think that anyone's business will suffer seriously 

 because he devotes an occasional hour to the study of 

 nature, and if occasional " sermons in stones " can make 

 him "see good in everything," heought not to sgrudge the 

 loss of a few dollars. 



Proceedings of the Society. 



The annual meeting of the Society was held on Monday 

 the 21st. of May, Dr. B. J. Harrington in the Chair. 



The following reports were read and adopted : — 



Report of the Council. 



Gentlemen : — The Council beg to submit their Report for 

 1890-91. Decided progress has been made by the Society 

 during the session just closed, and great interest manifested 

 in all its proceedings. Eleven meetings of Council have 

 been held, and seven monthly meetings of the Society, at 

 which valuable and instructive papers were read. Fourteen 

 ordinary members, and two associates, have been elected dur- 

 ing the year. The Museum has been re-arranged, and a 

 considerable amount of money spent upon it; the Hon. 

 Curator's report will contain all the details. The Library 

 also has come in for a large share of attention and expendi- 

 ture, and will be reported on. The building of the Society 

 is in good order, and the hall has again been rented to the 

 Congregation worshipping there. At the invitation of our 

 Society, which has done much for the advancement of 

 science and education in Montreal, the Royal Society of 

 Canada will hold its next meeting in this city on the 



