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roDs of Montreal, and several points in its natural history, were 

 well represented by the collections exhibited in McGill College. 

 The great public works and interesting scenery of the city arid 

 its vicinity excited much interest. Last, though perhaps not least, . 

 the neat geological map and guide card given to the members 

 was a happy thought, and highly appreciated. Some of these 

 features of the meeting are thus noticed in Silliman's Journal : — 



" The eleventh meeting of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science opened at Montreal on Wednesday the 

 12th of August last. The president elect. Professor J. W. Bailey, 

 having died during the year, the vice president. Professor Caswell 

 of Brown University, was the acting President. The number of 

 members in attendance was as large as at any previous meeting. 

 Mr. Ramsay was received as delegate from the Geological Society 

 of London, and Mr. B. Seeman, from the Linnsean Society of 

 London. The departments of astronomy, physics, meteorology 

 and geology, were well represented by papers, and especially the 

 last, and there were also important communications in ethnology ; 

 while in zoology, botany, and chemistry, the communications were 

 exceedingly few. A biographical memoir of Mr. William C. 

 Redfiekl, the first president of the Association, was read by Pro- 

 fessor D. Olmsted ; and one of Professor Bailey, by Dr. A. A. 

 Gould of Boston. The retiring President, Prof. James Hall, deli- 

 vered an address on American Geology." 



" Commodious accommodations for the meetings, were afforded 

 the Association, at the Court House, by the government of Canada, 

 and generous attentions by citizens of Montreal. Each member 

 was furnished on arrival with a large folded card, containing, on 

 one side, a plan of the Court House, a list of the oflficers of the 

 Association, and an enumeration of the places of public interest 

 in and about Montreal ; and on the other, a map of the city of 

 Montreal and of the St. Lawrence adjoining with its islands, and 

 also a colored geological map of Canada for a circuit of fifty miles 

 around Montreal, showing the outlines of the formations as laid 

 down by Sir William E. Logan, under whom the geological sur- 

 vey is still in progress. One of the principal objects of attraction 

 in the city was the Geological Museum, containing the collections 

 made in the course of this survey. It was remarkable for the ex- 

 tent and variety of rock specimens, and the great number and 

 beauty of the fossils ; no geological survey on this or any other 

 continent has been carried forward with greater energy or skill." 



