OF 1^^^"=^^ 



THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CMADTAN INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, JULY, 1856. 



C -0 N T E N T S : 



i^iiye. I'uijf. 



Incideuts of Travel on the Nortli-West Coast, Vancouver's Island, Lubrication — Mineral Oil as a Lubricant for Jlachincry 2>*T 



Oregon, &e., &c. Ey Paui, Kaxk, Esq., Torontci. The A Reply to an Article in the June Xumbev of tlie CaHorfwH./oHnKj/. 

 (.'hinook Indian?. (Readbefove the Canadian Institute, Marcli and entitle.l '• Report of the Select Committee on the Geo- 



14th, 18551 ■ -To logical Survey of Canada — Minutes of Evidence. Ry E. J. 



Kooi, .VND ITS Ai,L-i.TEB.VTio.NS :- Chai-.max, Professor of Mineralogy and (ieology in Cniversity 



College, Toronto iI.h'.i 



The Cruet Stand liSO „„ „ ' ^, ^. ., ,.,,„, , , , , 



.J J ne Great Court in the Crystal Palace at Sydenham JH2 



;„ , ,, .„ t„. Classification of the Different Varieties of Canadian Woods, Spe- 



Tea and Cotfee 281 . , ^. ,. „ „ ,. „ „ ,. „ , ' . 



,„,.,_. , , cimens ■\vliercot lovm the Canadian Collection for the Pans 



The Sugar Basin 282 „ , ., . . 



" Exhibition 292 



Pickles 283 ,,,, ,, ,. .,, . ,„: 



„„„ - „, 1 he Eruption of Vesuvius 20.. 



Of Sugar Ornament 284 ... .' ,, ,, . , 



university (ollege, London 2II.; 



The Unity of the Human Race 284 To Correspondents 203 



Elementary Geology 285 Monthly Meteorological Register for Toronto 204 



Coccothraustes Vespertina — tlie Evening Grosbeak. I!y Tnu.s. •• •■ ■• Isle Jesus 295 



CoTTLK, Es(| 2S7 •• •• •• tjiiobec 2S(i 



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