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nets, vascuiums, bottles, and the other appliances provided 

 for the day's enjoyment or work they were met and wel- 

 comed by Mr. Brown, Mayor of the Parish, Eev. E. Hamil- 

 ton, of Grrenville, and other friends, who gave advice and 

 directions as to the way in which each could best secure the 

 end he or she had in view in coming to Calumet. The 

 naturalists divided into three parties : The Geologists, under 

 the direction of Mr. Adams and Mr. Tyrrell: the Ento- 

 mologists, under the guidance of Messrs. Caulfield and Wynn, 

 and the Botanists, superintended by Professors Macoun and 

 McKay, accompanied by Eev. Dr. Campbell, with Eev. E. 

 Hamilton who resides in the district as cicerone. A large 

 party went off with Hon. J. K. Ward to his lumbering 

 establishment near by, where they were entertained to a 

 real shanty dinner. Carriages were in waiting for such as 

 wished to drive to Grrenville or Point du Chene, past the 

 mouth of the Eiver Eouge, and not a few took advantage 

 of the opportunity of having a drive over the country roads. 

 Lovers of scenery and those bent on securing sketches for 

 their portfolios, fresh from nature, hovered around the 

 picturesque little river, ascending to the foot of the cascade, 

 which makes a leap of about 80 feet, but a short distance 

 up, or climbing to the top of the hills near by, the sunny, 

 well-wooded slopes of which tempted the more vigorous 

 pedestrians to try their muscle, and which, when they suc- 

 ceeded in scaling them, afforded a prospect that was a full 

 reward for the labour of the ascent. The broken face of the 

 ground in the neighbourhood gave promise of much variety, 

 especially in the vegetable and mineral products of the dis- 

 trict, and the day's investigations made good this promise. 

 The banks of the Eouge are well known haunts of the 

 botanist, where his practised eye discerns a greatly mixed 

 Flora, many species being found there far away from their 

 native habitat, carried down from the north by the force of 

 the current, but the fierceness with which the sun's rays 

 beat down upon perspiring pedestrians effectually barred 

 the progress of all but a few ardent collectors. Conse- 

 quently that interesting point was not reached by the main 



