INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



The completion of the second volume of the Transactions 

 is an interesting event. We hope this record will be 

 succeeded by many more volumes of like kind as time goes 

 on. The contents are varied, of more than local interest, 

 and touch upon the Flora of the Jurassic age, Entomology, 

 Archaeology, Botany, and other branches of Science. 



The love of nature in all its aspects is certainly spreading 

 abroad, and is a cheering sign of the times : the widening 

 of scientific culture amongst all classes must, at all events, 

 make life fuller and richer, and certainly happier. The 

 pursuit of science is a bright spot in many a hard-worker's 

 life, and he often follows his heart's hobby with more energy 

 than his daily work : it is to him an inspiration, a joy 

 deeper than words can express, or perhaps his friends 

 understand ; a delight of the highest order. 



To nature then we go with all her treasures which she 

 never withholds from the diligent student. 



Beautiful Cleveland satisfies the members of the Club, 

 so far, and seldom do we wander to some " Terra aliena," 

 although sometimes we do make an excursion beyond its 

 bounds. 



There is surely plenty to employ the keenest observer 

 between a live beetle and an extinct mammoth, and between 

 " The Cedar of Lebanon and the hyssop that groweth on 

 the wall." 



J. C. Fowler. 



