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loss their Society had sustained by the death of Mr. Christopher 

 Edmund Broome. He desired to speak of him as an acquaint- 

 ance who had been his friend for a large number of years, and 

 more particularly to speak of him in reference to his connection 

 with that club. Mr. Broome was the oldest friend he had, 

 relatives excepted, and he supposed he had known him for nearer 

 60 than 50 years, their acquaintance taking its origin from the 

 circumstance of his going, when he was a quite a young man, to 

 be pupil to a clergyman who was curate of the parish adjoining 

 his own parish in Cambridgeshire. Then he went to Cambridge 

 University and graduated in 183G, but after leaving the University 

 they only fell in with each other at intervals. After a time he 

 took up his residence ^.t Elmhurst, Batheaston, where he was 

 living when he (the speaker) first came to Bath, in 1850, and 

 where he resided until his death. Mr. Broome was one of the 

 original members of the Bath Field Club, of whom none remained 

 now except the vice-president and the speaker. But Mr. Broome 

 was more than an original member, and he would not be far from 

 the truth in saying that he was the joint founder with himself. 

 It was true he originated the idea, but if it had not been for Mr. 

 Broome it would never have received its ultimate shape. 

 Mr. Blomefield then described the origin of the Field Club, 

 and spoke of Mr. Broome's great activity in research, and all 

 matters connected with natural history, and especially botany ; 

 also of his rare and valuable collections. He described his 

 great energy and capacity for work, and attributed his death 

 to incessant labour and over fatigue of both mind and body. 

 The death of their much esteemed member read a lesson for all 

 of them, a sharp lesson, but a most important one — to work to 

 the full extent of their energies, but not to the injury of their 

 health. Few members of their Club, he imagined, needed to be 

 cautioned not to work too hard, and he felt there were not a few 

 to whom the first half of this advice would be given with 

 difficulty. They could ill spare one so active at home and 



