ADDRESS.;- TQ THE LINCOENSHIRE 
NATURALISTS’ UNION. 
LINCOLN, 1909. 
W. DENISON ROEBUCK, F.L.S., 
President, 1909-10. 
My first duty is to thank you for the honour you have done 
me in asking me to occupy the Presidential chair of the L. N. U. 
—an honour which is all the greater and the more appreciated 
in that it is offered to one who is not either a native of, or a 
resident in, the county. Nevertheless, I have taken an interest 
in the natural history of Lincolnshire for a quarter of a century, 
and have paid almost annual visits to the county. There are 
not many districts in it that I have not visited on conchological 
expeditions. 
Moreover, I had a small share in the foundation of our 
Union, of which I am an original member and have been a 
member throughout. 
I remember well the circumstances which led to the forma- 
tion of our L. N. U. About 1892 I was very closely associated 
with Mr. Walter F. Baker, of Gainsborough, then resident in 
Leeds, and my colleague in the secretaryship of the Yorkshire 
Naturalists’ Union. In conversation one day, he was expressing 
a desire that Lincolnshire had some similar Society ; whereupon 
I suggested that he should take steps to call a meeting of 
Lincolnshire Naturalists. This was done, and a small party of 
us met at Mablethorpe for a day’s outing. 
Another meeting at Mablethorpe was arranged for 12th 
June, 1893, and a circular issued by Messrs. Baker, Coe and 
Larder. I had the honour of contributing the conchological 
paragraph to this circular, although I was prevented from being 
