THE INTERNATIONAL 



JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY & NATURAL SCIENCE : 



THE JOURNAL OF THE POSTAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



'■'■Knowledge is not given us to keep, but to impart ; its worth 

 is lost in concealment." 



[The Editor does not hold himself responsible for the views of 

 the authors of the papers published.] 



prc0i^entlal H^^re00. 



By R. H. Moore. 



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N taking the Presidential Chair this evening, it is 



after a twelve months' dream as to why I was 

 selected for it. My first tableau was a mild 

 growl with my excellent friend, the Founder and 

 Honorary Secretary of the Society, for recom- 

 mending me to the position ; however, his gentle- 

 ness and courtesy soon dispersed my wrath. My 

 second vista was one of perplexity and mental 

 torture as to what I should say when I reached 

 this chair. Official and municipal duties in my native city, "The 

 Queen of the West," have prevented me for several years from 

 actively prosecuting microscopical studies. My third vision was 

 a pleasant retrospect of twenty-two years' connection with a valu- 

 able Society and reflections of many hours of delight in writing 

 in its books, preparing slides, and illustrating them, during the 

 first half of its existence ; whilst my fourth phantom was of a 

 pleasant gathering now realised, when members, in great part 

 unknown to each other, should meet for good cheer and to 

 encourage our Honorary Secretary. 



1 have discovered nothing new in microscopical science, I am 



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