PROCEEDINGS 



OF THB 



BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB, 



The Annual Address to the Berwickshire Naturalist^ Club, de- 

 livered at Bamborough, on the V6th September, 1854. By the 

 Rev. George Rooke, M.A., Vicar of Embleton, &c., and 

 President of the Club. 



Gentlemen, 



I accepted the office of President of this Club in compliance 

 with an established rule, which forbids any one nominated to the 

 Presidency to refuse the honour conferred on him, however ill- 

 qualified or unworthy of it he may judge himself to be. It is 

 in compliance with our rules that I now venture to address you 

 on retiring from the chair ; and in the performance of this, my 

 last duty, I have especially to bespeak your indulgence. Original 

 notices and observations on Natural History are not to be ex- 

 pected from one who, though he can join with the best of the 

 Club in acknowledging the Creator^s wisdom and bounty mani- 

 fested in his works, yet has no pretensions to a scientific ac- 

 quaintance with them. 



It is, indeed, no more than may be reasonably expected in a 

 Club composed of members of all professions — nor will it be a 

 great inconvenience — if the annual address from the chair is 



B.N.C. — VOL. III. N°. V. O 



