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Mr. Winwood had not read to them the whole of what he had 
ready for publication. For his own part he could only say ditto 
to all that had been said in warm appreciation of Mr. Blomefield. 
He thoroughly endorsed everything written as to the beauty of 
his character, and the enormous help he had been to all of them, 
especially the members of the Field Club, and the honour which 
they felt in having him as their president. Many of the incidents 
recorded in the paper he recollected personally, for he was now 
one of the oldest members of the club, and, perhaps, with the 
exception of Mr. Winwood, had had more to do with it than any 
of the present members. Mr. Blomefield often used to visit him 
at Bitton, and he well recollected some of the conversations they 
had together, and his interesting reminiscences of Darwin, who 
was one of his most valued friends. 'Those who read Darwin's 
life would observe that it contained several letters to Mr. 
Blomefield. He assumed that Mr. Winwood’s paper would be 
published in the Field Club Proceedings, although before it 
appeared in that way he believed it would be very much enlarged. 
He thought they might give the writer permission to include any- 
thing that would add to its interest. He took it to be not so 
much an account of Mr. Blomefield’s life as an eulogium upon 
him, and such it was meant to be. He looked upon it as an 
excellent eulogium, and it would occupy a considerable portion of 
their Proceedings. He thought it would be a good thing for 
them to ask Mr. Winwood to allow the Club to have a copy nicely 
bound for presentation to Mrs. Blomefield. He thought it would 
be a very fitting procedure, though he did not know whether it 
would be taking away from Mr. Winwood the pleasure of 
presenting it personally. He should be happy to hear any 
suggestion from the members on the subject. They were all 
agreed that Mr. Winwood was deserving of their warmest thanks 
for the great trouble he had taken. It was felt that someone 
should undertake the task, and no one could have done it better 
than Mr. Winwood. The Rev. W. W. Martin thought the 
