tBOCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 101 



27th Novembbb, 1902. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



Mr. James Laird, 6 North Court, St. Vincent Place, was 

 elected an Ordinary Member. 



The President intimated that he had received for the Society's 

 Library, from Dr. Ferguson, Kinmundy, two books, viz. : — " The 

 Great North of Scotland Railway Guide," by Wm. Ferguson, 

 LL.D., and " Twelve Sketches of Scenery and Antiquities on 

 the Line of the Great North of Scotland Railway,'^ by George 

 Reid, R.S.A., with illustrative letterpress by Wm. Ferguson, LL.D. 



By arrangement, Mr. Ewing vacated the chair at this stage, 

 and Mr. Ales. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., the late President of 

 the Society, presided during the remainder of the evening. 

 After saying a few words commendatory of the work of Mr. 

 Ewing as a distinguished botanist, he introduced the lecturer of 

 the evening, William Ferguson, Esq., of Kinmundy, D.L., LL.D., 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., F.S.A.Scot. 



Dr. Ferguson then delivered his lecture, the title of which was 

 " Reminiscences of the Early Days of the Society," and, in an 

 exceedingly interesting address, gave a description of the start- 

 ing of the Society in 1851, when he was privileged to be one of 

 twelve men who founded the institution (see page 9). For 

 fully an hour Dr. Ferguson kept his hearers deeply interested in 

 his graphic representation of the early days of the Society, and 

 at the close Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S. ; Mr. Murdoch, F.R.Ph.S.E., 

 Secretary of the Geological Society ; and Professor Graham Kerr, 

 F.G.S., all spoke in the highest terms of the kindness of Dr. 

 Ferguson in coming such a distance at his advanced age to 

 deliver so delightful a lecture. 



The meeting, which was largely attended, ended in a vote of 

 thanks to the chairman, moved by Dr. Beath Henderson. 



23rd December, 1902. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



The President delivered a short presidential address, thank- 

 ing the Members for the honour they had done him in electing 

 him to the position he now occupied. He referred to the noble 



