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hope that by associating themselves with the different 
societies in this neighbourhood and elsewhere the members 
of the Croydon Club would form a bond of union and good 
fellowship which it would not be easy to sever, and that 
great good would result from the formation of this Club, at 
the inaugural meeting of which it was his privilege to be 
present. 
Mr. James GuatsHer, F.R.S., was next called upon 
by the President, and offered some words of advice 
which he said were founded upon his experience as the 
President of the Blackheath Microscopical Society, and 
some others. He would say to every one of the members 
present—Never withhold any of your experiments because 
you think others have seen them. He would urge par- 
ticularly upon the meeting, if they should find anything 
they were not acquainted with, not to withhold it, but 
bring it to their Club, and submit it to their President 
and fellow-members, and thus give to him and them a 
part of the enjoyment which would arise in pursuing a mi- 
croscopical investigation. A great mistake had arisen in 
some societies by members withholding the results of their 
experiments because they imagined they were not new or 
original. So boundless was the field for microscopical 
objects, and so infinite were they in their variety, that 
there was ample work for them to do, and every work done 
served as an additional link to the chain of knowledge which 
they all hoped to see perfected. He trusted that a great 
success would attend this Society. All it wanted was ear- 
nestness among its members, and under the guidance of their 
respected President, he was certain that that earnestness 
would come. Societies of this kind tended to increase the 
love of man for his fellow-men, and that this might be the 
case with the Croydon Microscopical Society was his earnest 
hope. Mr. Glaisher concluded by thanking the President for 
his kindness in inviting him to be present at the Inaugural 
Meeting of this Club. 
Mr. Frank Bucktanp was the next speaker. He said 
that one of the first lessons he read at school was ‘‘ Eyes and 
no eyes; or the art of seeing.” That lesson had always been 
strongly impressed on his mind, and he would urge upon the 
members of this Society to neglect no opportunity of observa- 
tion, for it was certain they could not use their eyes too 
much. Sir Thomas Mitchell, when visiting the gold fields of 
Australia, appeared not to have employed the precious gift 
of close observation to so great an extent as he might have 
done; for it was recorded of him that he slept, night after 
