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abroad, as their late member^ — would anyone . come forward and 

 take his place 1 He asked them to take {of their motto, that 

 which was the guiding star of the whole life of their departed 

 member — " Work while it is day." The President then read 

 extracts from the will of the deceased, which he had received 

 from the hon. secretary of the Eoyal Literary and Scientific 

 Institution, bequeathing to that Institution all his books (on the 

 fly page of which he had written his initials, " C.E.B."), consisting 

 of works on a number of sciences, which were enumerated, 

 and his herbarium ; and also stating that if the bequest of 

 his fungi made to the British Museum was not accepted, it 

 should be given to the Institution. This, however, had been 

 accepted. 



The Eev. Predendary Scarth also expressed his sincere 

 sorrow at the loss they had sustained, and thanked the President 

 for the excellent memoir which he had placed before them. He 

 further spoke of his personal friendship with Mr. Broome. 



The President then called upon the Eev. Prebendary Earle 

 to read a paper on the "Traces of the Saxon period in Bath 

 and the neighbourhood." Before doing so, the Prebendary also 

 said a few words with reference to the remarks of the President 

 upon the late Mr. Broome, and added that he was sure he 

 would be expressing the sentiments of many when he said 

 that Mr. Blomefield's memoir of his friend had touched a very 

 deep chord in their feelings. He then passed on to his subject 

 {vide p. 153). 



The third meeting was held at the Institution, on Wednesday, 

 January 12th, 3887, when, in the absence of Mr, Skrine, the 

 Secretary read certain " Letters illustrating the Battles of 

 Claverton and Lansdown," one written by Lord Hopton (then 

 SirEalph), the other by Col. Slingsby, both R )yalists (wc?e p. 167). 

 In the discussion which followed, Mr. Green said he had always 

 felt sorry that Mr. Skrine had made a former contribution on 

 this subject, as printed in 1878, without having read, or without 



