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the society undertake to collect and report on the larger 

 Fungi, others on the microscopic Fungi, others on the 

 mosses, others on the lichens, others on the Hepaticse, and 

 others on the Charge. By such a division of labour there 

 would be a prospect of having tlie local flora catalogued 

 within a reasonably short time ; whereas, if only one or 

 two take part in the work, it will take a generation to 

 complete it. The Natural History Society will not be 

 true to its responsibilities, nor arise to its opportunities, 

 nor fulfil its functions, until it is seized of at least the 

 main facts relating to the Geology, the -Zoology and the 

 Botany of the district. 



The Lake-on-the-Mountain near Picton, Ont. 



By A. T. Drummond, LL.I). 



Imagine a cliff about 180 feet in height, rising almost 

 perpendicularly from the steamboat landing at Grlenota on 

 the Bay of Quinti^, and immediately on the top, within 300 

 feet from the edge, but shut in by a fringe of trees on its 

 shore, a lake of clear, fresh water about one and a half 

 miles long with a width of about three-quarters of a mile ! 

 Journeying up the zigzag roadway to the top of the cliff, 

 as the eye wanders over the wide expanse of country to 

 the northward, with, in the foreground, the lovely Bay of 

 Quinte, and the deep and broad inlets which branch from 

 it on either side, and, on this sunny, cloudless day, the 

 alternate and contrasting effects of intensely blue water, 

 green grain fields and patches of woods, one gradually 

 realizes that here probably is the finest scenic effect in 

 Central Ontario. This beautiful view is the first point of 

 interest ; turning around, close at hand, is found this 

 curious lake perched on the top of the cliff*. Its waters 

 are continually flowing out to give the power which runs 

 the Glenora Mills ; its inflow is invisible and yet is steadily 



