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of Moral Philosophy, by Professor John "Wilson (" Christopher 

 North ") ; and of Natural Philosophy, by Professor James 

 David Forbes, afterwards Principal of St Andrews University. 

 These were men, most of them, of European fame as teachers 

 and scholars, and there is evidence to prove that our young 

 student profited largely from their prelections. As showing 

 his early taste, also, for music, which was all his life so much 

 of a solace and a delight to him, it may be mentioned that 

 amongst his class tickets is one showing that during the uni- 

 versity session of 1849-50 he attended the lectures of Pro- 

 fessor Donaldson on the Theory of Music. 



It being the custom at that time for students not to seek 

 graduation, Andrew Moffat, now twenty years of age, left the 

 University without a degree, but with a well-stocked mind as 

 the result of this careful training, and he proceeded at once to 

 open a school in his native town. In this sphere of duty the 

 next fifteen years of his life were spent, his school becoming 

 somewhat famous in the town, until in 1867 he accepted the 

 post of Head-Master of South Leith Parochial School. When 

 the Education Act came into force, and Board Schools were 

 gradually erected, this parochial school ceased to exist, and in 

 1878 Mr Moffat secured the appointment of Arithmetical 

 Master in George Watson's Ladies' College. Here the rest of 

 his life-work as a teacher was accomplished, and in this fav- 

 ourite branch of education in which he had gained his first 

 laurels as the dux of Bathgate Academy more than thirty years 

 before. 



But it was not only as an instructor of youth in the day- 

 school that Mr Moffat put forth his energies : during many 

 years he laboured in connection with Sunday-school and Bible- 

 class and mission work, in all of which he was most successful. 

 For twenty years, also, he was an office - bearer in Great 

 Junction Street UP. Church, Leith, and was presented with a 

 piece of silver-plate and a purse of sovereigns in acknowledg- 

 ment of his services as session-clerk to that congregation. 



It was, however, as the Secretary and Treasurer of this 

 Society that most of us knew Mr Moffat best. The Society 

 was founded as the Edinburgh Naturalists' Field Club on 

 June 2, 1869, and between that time and December 9, 1873, 

 when Mr Moffat was appointed its Secretary, no fewer than six 



