400 CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



Compared with his pictures, adds the writer in the Atheoamm, these books are 

 but a sorry introduction of Sir Joshua to Brother Jonathan. Where his pictures 

 are, his sketch-books ought to have been preserved. 



CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



Session 1855-56. 

 seventh ordinary meeting — 9/A February, 1856. 

 E. A. Meredith, Esq., LL. B., Vice President, in the Chair. 

 Tlte following Gentlemen were electeel Members : 

 R. M. Boucher, Esq., Colborne. 

 Edward Goldsmith, Esq., Toronto. 

 Walter Arnold, Esq., Toronto, 

 W. R. Wright, Esq., Toronto. 



The following Papers v:ere then read : 



1. By Rev. Professor Young, M.A. : 



"Brief Notes on Certain Statements of Sir William Hamilton, regarding the 

 Validity of our Primary Beliefs.'' 



2. By Professor Wilson, LL.D. : 



"Remarks on a Singular Conformation of the Land produced by the Confluence 

 of the St. Louis and Nemadji Rivers into Lake Superior." 



3. By Professor Chatma', Curator: 



"A Report on the Minerals lately received by the Canadian Institute from the 

 Toronto Atheuamm." 



EiGHTn ordinary meeting — 16^/' February, 1856. 

 G. W. Allan, Esq., President, in the Chair. 

 The following Gentlemen were elected Members : 

 Francis H. Lynch, Esq., Toronto. 

 Robert A. Harrison, Esq., Toronto. 

 Grant Powell, Esq., Toronto. 



The following Papers were then read : 



1. By James Browne, Esq. : 



" On the Manners and Customs ot the Aborigines of Australia. Part Second. 



2. By Thomas Reynolds, M. D. : 



''On a Collection of Copper Implements and other Ancient Relics found in the 

 neighborhood of Brockville." 



The copper implements were exhibited and a selection from them recommended 

 to be engraved, to illustrate the paper in the Canadian Journal. On the motion of 

 Dr. Wilson, it was remitted to Professor Croft to examine and report upon the 

 character of the copper of which the Brockville implements are made, and on the 

 supposed hardening process to which they have been subjected. 



3. By G. W. Allan, Esq., President: 



" On the Migratory Birds of Canada." 



