426 Canadian Record of Science. 
As the engine labored up the steep grades and_ followed 
the many windings of the North river, beautiful views 
were obtained of the mountains rising on all sides. 
The district has been hitherto difficult of access and was 
thus a terra incognita to most of the party. 
At Ste. Agathe the whole population were drawn up in 
their Sunday attire to welcome the Society. The Mayor 
presented an address from the Town Council, in which he 
spoke of the honor conferred on Ste. Agathe by its visit, 
and hoped that nature would yield them many treasures, 
that the rocks would be found stored with valuable minerals 
and that the flora would afford them rare and unknown 
specimens. 
Mr. Shearer, Vice-President, called upon ex-Ald. Roliand 
to reply. After thanking the Mayor and Council of Ste. 
Agathe on behalf of the Natural History Society for the 
_ address, he claimed that this advent would be a great ad- 
vantage to the place by calling the attention of the outside 
world to its advantages as a summer resort. The beauty 
of the iake and the surrounding mountains only needed to 
become known to attract people seeking relief from the 
weariness of the town. It remained for the inhabitants to 
make preparation for their coming by building cottages 
suitable for them to live in. The harvest would come if 
they were only ready to gather it in. After a few words 
by Mr. Sumner announcing that prizes would be offered for 
the best botanical, geological and entomological collections, 
the party divided up, some under the leaders of the several 
sections devoting themselves to the Natural History of the 
vicinity, while others more attracted by the beauties of the 
landscape drove or walked to various points in the neigh- 
borhood. | 
Rev. Dr. Camptell and Miss Derick, B.A., were the en- 
thusiastic leaders of the botanical section. Collections 
were made by a large number of members of the Society, 
and there was consequently a sharp competition for the 
prizes in this section. Miss Jessie Brown took that for 
named specimens, having twenty-one correctly named, and 
