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not manifested in the readiness with which Mr. Cross had put 

 himself right. 



" The health of the Hon. Secretaries (Messrs. T. W. Wonfor 

 and J. Colbatch Clark), the Librarian, and Treasurer " was 

 proposed by Mr. Dennant, who, referring to the recent illness of 

 Mr. Wonfor, hoped he would be spared for many years to come. 



Mr. Wonfor, in returning thanks, humorously referred 

 to the visit which the Society paid to Hurstmonceux twenty 

 years ago, when the party walked from Pevensey to Hurst- 

 monceux and were unable to get any refresbm3nts, and went on 

 to express a hope that the young members wo aid interest them- 

 selves in the objects of the Society, and assist him in his pet 

 scheme of the verification of the fauna and flora of the county. 

 He thanked the members for their kind expressions of sympathy 

 during his illness of nine months, and remarked that he had 

 not only received great sympathy from the members, but- 

 from the town generally. 



Mr. Clark also responded. 



"The Visitors" was proposed by Mr. C. F. Dennet, and 

 acknowledged by the Eev. C. Pugii, who observed that there 

 could be no opposition between true religion and true science. 



This concluded the 2)ost prandial proceedings, which were of 

 a social character, and the party, after a stroll round the village, 

 left Hailsham by train, and caught the mail to Brighton at 

 Polegate Junction, reaching the terminus at haK-past ten, 

 after spending the twent^'-ihird annual excursion under ex- 

 ceedingly auspicious circumstances. 



