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The following day the Excursionists visited, by special permis- 
sion, the famous Agricultural Museum in the Invaliden Strasse, 
where several of the Professors of the Agricultural College were 
in attendance to conduct the visitors over their several depart- 
ments; and, on the same day, through the kindness of Herr Booth, 
they were enabled to see the Royal Palaces and Parks at Potsdam. 
In the evening they dined together at the hotel, when good-bye 
was said to several members who intended to leave for home early 
next morning. Mr Barron, Borrowash, in a humorous speech, 
proposed the health of Professor Somerville, who had vied with 
Professor Schwappach in his efforts to make the Excursion the 
great success which it was. The toast was enthusiastically drunk, 
The homeward journey was begun on August 5tb. Berlin was 
left at 9 A.M., and Hamburg reached at 1.4 p.m. After lunch, a 
short visit was made to the nurseries of Messrs Heins at Halsten- 
beck, where the party was very hospitably entertained. Here a 
photograph was taken, of which a large copy has since been pre- 
sented by Messrs Heins to each of the members included in it. 
The party left Hamburg on board the ss. “Breslau” about 
midnight on Monday, and after a pleasant voyage reached 
Leith all well about 4 o’clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, 
7th August. 
On the homeward voyage the Excursionists took an opportunity 
to thank Professor Somerville for his services as interpreter to the 
party during the tour, and for the great trouble he had taken in 
connection with the preliminary arrangements. They also pre- 
sented him with a field-glass by Zeiss as a memento of the 
Excursion, 
At the same meeting Messrs Richardson and Margerison, who 
had taken numerous photographs during the Excursion, very 
kindly expressed their willingness to give the committee the use 
of such of their negatives as might be desired, and it was accord- 
ingly resolved to expend the balance of the common fund in pre- 
paring an Album for each of the party, which should contain 
portraits of Professors Danke}mann, Schwappach, and Somerville, 
a view of the Forest Academy at Eberswalde, a selection of the 
views taken en route, and a descriptive index. The Album, which 
is a very handsome one, will be a very appropriate souvenir of a 
most delightful and instructive Excursion. 
After the return of the party, the president, Mr Munro 
Ferguson of Raith and Novar, offered a prize of £10 for the best 
