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themselves, or Avho find they can do so best when unfettered by 

 the movements of a large body, — should be requested still to 

 bring their results forward, to go towards a general collection of 

 such materials as may, we hope, one day serve for a complete 

 illustration of the Natural History, &c., of this neighbourhood. 



I think, however, instead of adopting the practice of the 

 Berwickshire Club, of reading papers at the end of each day's 

 excursion, it would be preferable, for several reasons, to have 

 independent meetings held for the purpose, as on this very day, 

 and at this Institution, or elsewhere, and as often as thought 

 desirable. We hardly know yet to what extent such papers may 

 come in. If, with an iiicreasing number of members, there 

 should seem to be an increasing interest taken in the objects 

 of the Club, and communications made to it more frequently 

 the Club might merge into a Bath Natural History and 

 Antiquarian Society, — still keeping up its field days, and every- 

 thing going on as it does now, with the simple addition of a 

 certain number of other days, fixed at the Anniversary or at the 

 quarterly meetings, for the purpose alluded to. I think, at these 

 sittings, preference should be given to papers relating to the 

 Bath district, but after these have been read, or in the event of 

 none such being brought forward, it might be left to members 

 to make any communication to the Club they pleased, though not 

 of a local character, or to exhibit any specimens of Natural 

 History or Antiquities, which they thought might interest it, 

 accompanied by remarks. With regard to the excursion days — 

 whether the excursions be in or beyond the Bath neighbourhood 

 — some notes should be kept by the Secretary of what is seen or 

 done by the party collectively, and these might either be 

 embodied into an address by the retiring President, delivered 

 at the end of his year of ofiicc, as in the Berwickshire Club, — or 

 they may continue to be read by the Secretary from his Jouj-nal 

 of Proceedings each quarter, as hitherto done. 



Gentlemen, I fear I have detained you rather long ; and there 



