

THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND' ART; 



AND A EECOKD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OE THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, MAY, 1854. 



CONTENTS : 



Memoranda of Vesuvius and its Neighbourhood, by the Rev. 

 Henry Seadding, D.D., Cantab. (Read before the Cana- 

 dian Institute, March 25th, 1854.) 237 



On the Establishment of a System of simultaneous Meteoro- 

 logical Observations, &c, throughout the British North 

 American Provinces, by Major R. Lachlan, of Montreal. 

 (Read before the Canadian Institute, March 18th, 1854.) 241 



Remarks on the Intrusion of the Germanic Races on the 

 Area of the Older Keltic Races of Europe, by Daniel 

 Wilson, L.L.D., Professor of History, University College, 

 Toronto. (Read before the Canadian Institute, April 

 1st, 1854.) 246 



On some New Genera and Species of Cystidea from the 

 Trenton Limestone, by E. Billings, Barrister-afrLaw, 

 Bytown, CWV (Read before the Canadian Institute, 

 February 11th, 1854.) 250 



Eclipse of the Sun, May 26th, 1854 253 



Transactions of the Canadian Institute 254 



Sykes' Steam Hammer 255 



The Northern Railroad — Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe 255 



Miscellaneous Intelligence : 



Dr. Barth's arrival at Timbuctoo 256 



Book Trade in the United States 257 



Production of Oxygen Gas 257 



Sugar of Lead Refuse 257 



Royal Astronomical Society 257 



Monthly Meteorological Register for Toronto, March 258 



" " " Montreal, " 259 



" " " Quebec, " 260 



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