THIRD SERIES . VOL. VI. FASCICULUS No. 1. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OP 



THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE, 



TORONTO 



Being a Continuation of the n Canadian Jouf\nal " of 

 Science, Litei\ature and History. 



OOa'OBEIE^. 1888- 

 Whole No. Vol. XXIV.] >^P^r ?>L*i^ [No. 50 



CONTENTS 



Page. 



ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS, MEETINGS 1—25 - - - - - 1 



THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING . . 40 



REPORTS OF SECTIONS - 47 



ANNUAL REPORT W 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS - - fi« 



SOCIOLOGICAL CIRCULAR 62 



MAilMALIA OF CANADA. Br J. B. Tyrrell. B.A., F.G.S 6R 



DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE. By Horatio Hale, Esq. 92 



DAVID THOMPSON. Br .L B. Tyrrell, B.A., F.G.S 135 



FRANCO-CANADIAN DIALECT. Br J. Squair, B.A ]<',] 



CANADIAN .SPRUCES. Br George Lawson, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C . - . - k;<) 



ELOCUTIONARY DRILL. By T. B. Browning, M.A. - - - - - 181 



TORONTO : 

 THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY LIMITED. 



1888. 



