ANNUAL ADDRESS 



TO THE 



COTTHSWOLD NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB 

 AT GLOUCESTER, MAY 4TH, 1894 



BY 



M. W. COLCHESTER-WEMYSS, PRESIDENT 



The Annual Meeting of the Club was held at the Bell 

 Hotel, on Friday, May 5th. 



The resignation of Mr Lucy as President of the Club 

 was accepted. The unanimous regret of the Members at 

 Mr Lucy's decision was no merely formal act, but a most 

 genuine expression of the sincere feeling of the whole 

 Club. Mr Lucy's intimate acquaintance wTth the County, 

 his many scientific attainments, and his unvarying and 

 genial courtesy, fitted him in a peculiar degree for the 

 olfice which he had so ably filled. 



So fully have I felt this to be the case that I was 

 certain I should only be anticipating the wish of the 

 Members, if I asked our friend John Bellows, who was 

 more intimately acquainted with Mr Lucy than any other 

 Member of the Club, to write a few paragraphs to insert 

 in this report bearing upon Mr Lucy's resignation. He 

 most kindly consented, and I this morning received from 

 him the following interesting communication : — 



