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tendering their congratulations to him, upon the distinction 

 conferred upon him by his Alma Mater, made him the 

 recipient of a handsomely illuminated address, together with 

 a cheque for ^400. 



Through the instrumentality of the late Sir William J. 

 Hooker, James Hardy had become known, at an early 

 period, to the late Dr. George Johnston, of Berwick-on-Tweed, 

 and their acquaintance soon grew into a close friendship, 

 which was only to be parted by death. How well and 

 usefully they worked together is demonstrated in nearly 

 every volume written by the gifted author of " The Natural 

 History of the Eastern Borders " ; and a few years ago 

 Dr. Hardy edited a volume of the correspondence of his late 

 friend, which had been brought together, and was published 

 by his daughter Mrs. Barwell Carter. Amongst the many 

 contributions to our knowledge of the Border Counties, for 

 which we are indebted to Dr. Hardy, may be instanced his 

 " Popular Rhymes of Berwickshire," " The Wild Cat in the 

 Border District," " Bowling as an Extinct Game in Berwick- 

 shire," the " Lichen Flora," and " Moss Flora of the Eastern 

 Borders," his " Contributions to the Entomology of the 

 Cheviot Hills," " On Urns and Other Antiquities found 

 round the Southern Skirts of the Cheviot Hills," " Ancient 

 Stone and Flint Implements of Berwickshire and the 

 Borders," and his " History of the Wolf in Scotland " all 

 of which appeared in the " History of the Berwickshire 

 Naturalists' Club," and are full of interesting details concern- 

 ing the subjects treated. Many of them have been largely 

 quoted, not always with due acknowledgment made, and one 

 of them, " The Wolf in Scotland," was so appreciated by 

 Mr. Harting, that it was very largely made use of in his 

 " Extinct British Animals," with but very scanty reference 

 to the scource from which his information was obtained ; and 

 the writer has frequently heard Dr. Hardy refer, with 

 considerable sarcasm, to the piracy so committed. Many 

 other papers, too numerous to refer to here, were contributed 

 by him ; and in these are to be found, not only additions to 

 the local Fauna, and Flora, but many species are therein 

 recorded, which had not previously been found in Scotland, 

 or the British Islands, while not a few of them were entirely 



