Miscellaneous: Past and Present

t PROPOSE to wind up my narrative with a somewhat miscellaneous chapter, which will glance both at past and present; as well as look a little into the future. For the sake of order I divide it into several sections. The way in which all these bear upon the contents of this volume will be very obvious. In condensing the report of the last year, I wished to connect with it some things of interest which have suggested themselves in the course of this narrative, but which seemed more suitable for the close.