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various parts of the Cotteswolds—there is ample ground for 
more detailed work, which can only be accomplished in a satis- 
factory manner by those who live, like our members, in the 
area; who can work each bed, bit by bit, and piece by piece, 
notice carefully, and duly record their characteristics. 
It was in this way that the late Mr Witchell—whose death 
we often so much deplore—did such good service by investi- 
gating so patiently the Geology of the district round Stroud. 
The remarks I have made about Geology apply with equal 
force to other branches of Natural History and Science that 
come within our domain to cultivate. 
Without wishing to diminish your zeal and interest in 
Geology, which has always occupied so prominent a part of our 
work, may I venture to express the hope that during the coming 
Sessions you will give more attention to the study of Botany, 
Entomology, and to general Antiquarian research. 
There is still, gentlemen, a future before us, and I would 
urge the younger members, who have greater power of adaptation 
to the altered conditions to which I have referred, than some of 
us who belong to a generation which is passing away, to apply 
themselves diligently to some special work; and then I have 
little fear but that the Cotteswold Club will maintain, in its 
Field Meetings, and inthe papers in its Proceedings, the high 
reputation it has so long held among kindred Societies. 
