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the river rushes in a boiling torrent below. All through 

 thin section of the country are innumerab!e lakes and 

 streams, and a few miles to the east, from the waters of 

 Trembling Lake there arises a long ridge known as Trem- 

 bling Mountain, whose summit is the highest point in the 

 Laurentians of this part of Canada, rising 2505 feet above 

 the St. Lawrence at Montreal. 



Lunch had been served in the train, and upon the arrival 

 at Label le, Botanical, Gejlogical and Entomological parties 

 were organized under their several leaders, Dr. Campbell 

 and Mr. Cushing having been elected to take charge of the 

 Botanical party, Dr. Adams, of the geological, while Mr. 

 Winn acted as leader to the students of Entomology. The 

 majority of the excursionists, however, preferred to wander 

 over the beautiful country or climb the neighbouring hills 

 sketching or photographing. 



A very pleasant stay of about four hours was thus made 

 at Labelle and the party again gathered at the train for the 

 homeward journey. Before leaving a short address was 

 made by Mr. J. D. Holland, President of the Great Western 

 Railway who had several stories to tell of the settlers and 

 their success, and concluded by moving a vote of thanks to 

 Mr. Blanchard, the Mayor of Labelle, for the preparations 

 which he had made for the society's reception. Mr. Blan- 

 chard in responding referred with pride to the produc- 

 tive character of the country, instancing the neighbouring 

 parish of Saint Jovite, which has a population of 235 families 

 in which there are 608 children under four years of age ? 

 while two settlers are the happy fathers of twenty-one 

 children each ! 



Short speeches were also made by Dr. Wesley Mills, Mr. 

 John S. Shearer, Dr. Bigonnesse of St. Jerome and others. 

 The society then left for Montreal, tea being served on the 

 train. Prizes had been offered for the best collections in 

 Natural History, and were awarded as follows : Geological 

 collections — named specimens — 1st prize, Mr. Arthur Cole, 

 B.A.; 2nd prize, Mr. J. Gwillim. Unnamed specimens, 

 Miss Isabel Brittain, B.A. Botanical collection — 1st prize, 

 Miss MacLaughlan. 



