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boys of tbe institution greeted the excursionists with loud 

 cheers. The Eev. Father Bouchet, who is in charge of the 

 school, came up and addressing Professor Wesley Mills, 

 M.D., the president of the Natural History Society, 

 welcomed him and the officers and members of the 

 Society to Montfort. A number of the boys came forward 

 and sang a pretty chanson, after which, Dr. Wesley Mills 

 and the officers of the society having thanked the rev. 

 father for his kind greeting, the train continued its way 

 to Montfort, which was reached in a few minutes. 



Having arrived, the members of the party immediately 

 scattered, each on his own or her particular pleasure 

 bent. There was no system of separate sections for natural 

 history and other work upon this occasion, every one who 

 chose being left to collect specimens independently. The 

 results were, on the whole, very gratifying, several persons 

 returning to the cars well loaded with specimens. For 

 the first forty minutes after arrival the members of the 

 party engaged themselves in attending to the Wants of 

 the inner man, some going to the hotel for that purpose, 

 while others preferred to take their lunch baskets and 

 refresh themselves while enjoying the shade of the woods 

 that stretched down to the lakeside. There was an 

 abundance to see and to admire and, indeed, it was as 

 great a pleasure as any to rest one's self and drink in the 

 beauties of the scene around and to reflect that what one 

 saw was only one very small corner of the Province of 

 Quebec. Owing to the length of time taken up with the 

 railway journey going and returning, the stay was 

 necessarily a brief one, but during what time there was, 

 about five hours, all managed to enjoy themselves. 

 Entomologists, botanists and geologists were hard at it, 

 and there was a plentiful field for their operations. Others 

 went 6n board the train and journeyed a few miles 

 further, to the terminus of the line, for the purpose of 

 viewing more of the beautiful scenery. Enthusiastic 



