An Address delivered at the Fourth Anniversary of the Berwickshire 

 Naturalists Club, September 16. 1835. By ROBERT EMBLETON, 

 President. 



ON resigning the chair to which I was, by your kindness, elected, it 

 is necessary that I should briefly recapitulate the proceedings of the 

 Club for the past year. Before doing so, however, I must express, as 

 one of the promoters of this Club, the pleasure and gratification I feel in 

 seeing the hopes and expectations formed at its commencement so fully 

 realized. Four years have now elapsed since its formation, and, if we 

 regard what we have already accomplished with feelings of satisfaction, 

 it cannot be deemed presumptuous to hope, that the labours of each suc- 

 ceeding year will afford additional matter for congratulation, and fresh 

 inducement for exertion. 



The last anniversary meeting was held at Twizell House, the beauti- 

 ful seat of our late President, and was one of great interest. I need 

 scarcely recall to your recollection the admirable address of our President 

 on his leaving the chair ; nor the satisfaction every member of the Club 

 must have then felt at the approbation expressed by two of the most dis- 

 tinguished zoologists of the present day, Messrs Jenyns and Yarrel, who 

 attended it, of the plan, objects, and probable advantages of our Club. 

 No insects of any note were captured on our walk, which was necessari- 

 ly a hurried one ; but two or three good plants were found in Bradford 

 Dene, viz. Mentha gentilis, Sanguisorba officinalis, and Clinopodium 

 vulgare. At that time I laid before you the first part of my List of the 

 Malacostraca of Berwickshire and North Durham, specimens of which 

 were also exhibited ; and Dr Johnston read a description of a new Bri- 

 tish shell (Natica helicoides), a specimen of which was shewn. The rest 

 of the day was spent in inspecting the beautiful collections in the various 

 departments of natural history belonging to Mr Selby. 



Our December meeting was held as usual at Berwick. The day was 

 such as to prevent our taking any excursion farther than the beach, and 

 nothing of any novelty presented itself to our notice. The papers, how- 

 ever, which were then read were neither few nor unimportant. I*/, In 

 the botanical department, Miss Hunter and Miss E. Bell furnished us 

 with a list of some rare and additional species of the Cryptogamia of 

 Berwickshire, amongst which may be mentioned, Peziza h&misph&ricOj 

 P. sarcoides, Agaricus fragrans ; with Polyporus betulinus, Cantharel- 

 lus hevis, Merulius lachrymans, Dtedalea confragosaj &C., specimens of 

 which were exhibited. _'/. An elaborate and interesting paper on the 

 Entomostraca of Berwickshire was read by Mr W. Baird. This class of 

 crustaceans, from their minuteness, and from the care and perseverance 

 necessary for their elucidation, has engaged but little the attention of 



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