1875-1876.]. *99 



insect alive will make the insect flutter and injure itself, whereas, 

 if first rendered insensible to feeling, it may be secured so that 

 not one scale be lost. 



After the reading of the paper the President intimated to the meet- 

 ing that an application had been made by him, on behalf of the Club, 

 to his Excellency the Governor-General of Canada, requesting his 

 Excellency's influence in obtaining a grant of certain of the publi- 

 cations of the Geological Survey of Canada ; he further stated that 

 he had that evening received a communication from his Excellency's 

 secretary informing him that the grant had been made. The 

 honorary secretaries next informed the meeting that the books 

 had been received, and proceeded to place them upon the table 

 for the inspection of the members amidst general applause. It was 

 proposed by the vice-president, William Gray, Esq., M.R.I.A., 

 seconded by Joseph Wright, Esq., F.G.S., and carried unanimously, 

 " That the marked thanks of this Club are due and are hereby 

 given to his Excellency Earl Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada, 

 for his prompt and courteous reply to the application of our 

 president, and we beg leave to assure his Excellency that we shall 

 consider the kindness manifested in his recognition of our pursuits 

 in the field of natural science as a high incentive to further efforts 

 of a similar nature." 



On the motion of John Moore, Esq., M.D., seconded by S. A. 

 Stewart, Esq., the following resolution was also passed unanimously, 

 " That the best thanks of the members of the Belfast Naturalists' 

 Field Club are due and are hereby given to the Director-General 

 of the Geological Survey of Canada for his kind and liberal grant 

 of the valuable books applied for by the president of the Club, 

 viz., Canadian Fossils, Decade II., " Graptolites," by James Hall ; 

 and Geology of Canada. 



