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My father's friend, the distinguished surgeon, Mr. Greorge Busk, 

 was Secretary of the kSociety for some years, and taught me in 

 his own study, when 1 was a school-bov, to dissect the earthw orm. 

 Huxley, Hooker, Alhiian, Lubbock, Gwyu .Jeffreys, and (iunther 

 were my advisers and senior friends. They were succeeded as 

 leaders of the Society by my coevals, and now a younger 

 generation are joining in the government of the Society and in 

 iiindness to me. 



I cannot sit down without especially thaidcing my friend our 

 President for the selection of the Ostraeoderm Irishes as the 

 subject of his address to-ilay. It was delightful to me to hear 

 his references to my work on these fossils, done more than fifty 

 years ago — and many entrancing pictures of cornstone quarries, 

 of the exciting discoveries of novel specimens, of dear old friends, 

 collectors, and colleagues — of gooil-luck and adventuie — the 

 romance of the h.-immer — have been floating through my mind. 

 I have never heard a lecture which gave me so much pleasure. 

 Dr. Smitii Woodward's own investigations on the Ostraeoderm 

 fishes have been of great importance, and the high value of his 

 judgment in all that relates to them aiul other extinct groups is 

 >o well establishetl, that [ am most <;rati{ied to lind tliat after all 

 the additions to our knowledge of Ostraroderms since 1870 he is 

 still able to speak of my pioneer work with kindly consideration. 



The President reminded the JNIeeting that the General Secretary 

 had that day completed 4U years as a Secretary, and the latter 

 bowed in acknowledgment. 



The General Secretary having laid on the table certain obituary 

 notices, the proceedings terminated. 



OBITUAKT NOTICES. 



Lieut.-Col. LiNLEY Blathwayt, who died at Eagle House, Bath- 

 easton, liis home lor '67 years, was a member of the well-knov/n 

 family, the Blathwayts ot Dyrham Park. He was the son of the 

 iiev. C. B. Blathwayt, Eector of Langridge, where our late Eellow 

 was born on 7th September, 1839. He entered Marlborough 

 College in August 1850 and remained there till 1854, served in 

 the Indian Mutiny Campaign with the 79th Highlanders, \\as 

 ])resent in China in 1860-02, t!ie Bhutan Expedition in 18G4-65, 

 and then in civil employ in Assam and Chota Nagpnr luitil his 

 retirement in 1880. 



On settling in 1882 at Batheaston, Col. Blathwayt took up 

 scientilic pursuits. In 188.'3 be joined the Bristol and Gloucester 

 Archaeological Society, our own Society ;3rd December, 1885, and 

 the Somerset Archaeological Society in 1891; in the latter year 



