S48 MR. carpenter's address. 



duous duties at this critical time. The additions to our 

 numbers during the year, now amounting to 09, are the fol- 

 lowing — the Rev. S. Fyler, Rev. W. Darnell, Mr. A. Douglas, 

 and Henry Stephens, Esq., the author of the valuable Book 

 of the Farm. 



I should propose that an annual list of the members of the 

 Club be added at the end of each year, with their present 

 residence and date of admission ; it would make a very small 

 addition to the yearly expense of printing, and it is usual in 

 most Clubs and Societies. 



It is to be hoped, (and I trust the Club will give me cre- 

 dit for being a well-wisher to its interests), if I suggest that 

 some measure and plan be proposed, by which we may have 

 hereafter a Museum and Library, serving as a Lecture-room, in 

 Berwick ; our neighbours at Kelso and Newcastle possess each 

 one, and I think that we ought not to be behind hand in that 

 respect. I leave this idea for the fostering of our Secretary, 

 and other influential members. 



In reading over the strenuous Address of my predecessor, 

 I am happy to add that the voice of our humble Society 

 would almost seem to have reached the ears of " Alma mater." 

 A committee ha^ been formed at Oxford, and a large sum sub- 

 scribed, for the purpose of the promotion of the study of 

 Natural History, the list of which I have the honour to lay 

 before the Club. 



In conclusion, I have to congratulate the Club that we 

 have prosperously arrived to the 18th anniversary of our 

 foundation, and to the 2d vol. of our Proceedings. We ought 

 to feel grateful that, while other lands have been visited by 

 the flames of discord and civil war, we have been permitted 

 to meet so often in peace and comfort. May these blessings 

 be continued to us for many years to come. 



When I reflect that about 800 years ago the spot we meet 

 on was the scene of Border feuds, happily now at an end for 

 ever, I cannot but feel that the words of the Psalmist are 

 most applicable, which I must beg leave to quote before draw* 

 ing to the end of this paper — " He maketh peace in thy bor- 

 ders, and filleth thee with the flour of wheat."— Ps. cxlvii, 

 Y^rse 14. 



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