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who so well deserves this distinetion. and would like to hear from 

 some of the older members who are ae(|uainted with the doctor. 



Dr. jain'.'s: I will .^econd that motion. Mr. Sweeny has 

 done i^'ood work in the Society, and we can onlv honor onr.si-lves 

 and him l)y eleclinj;" iiini an honorary mend).r. 



Mr. Clark: I would like to add a word for th.e t^ood Doctor. 

 I have known him and in connection wilh tin's S(>ciet\' for a 

 good many years. 1 think 1 met Dr. Sw^env at the meetings 

 of tliis Societ\' twenty years ago; hj was a ver\ active meiViher. 

 and a man that has done a great deal for h^h-cnltnre and for this 

 Society. I think the Society will l)e doing a noble act to honor 

 him in thi.> way. 



Motion imaniinously carried. 



In reply to a notice of the action taken b\- the Societ\ . Dr. 

 Sweeny wrote as follows to the Secretary : 



"I am very much, gratilied bv your letter, announcing the 

 great and unexpected honor of my election to honorary life-mem- 

 bership, conferred upon me bv the Ameiican h'isheries Societv at 

 the Woods Hole meeting. Convey to the members my sincere 

 regards and thanks for the compliment, which I greatly appre- 

 ciate, and shall ever prize as one of the kindliest I have ever re- 

 ceived from m\- many friends, and 1 thank yourself for the kind 

 rtmembrance of me in my old days and retirement from activity 

 in the great work in which you are engaged, and in winch I have 

 been so manv years greatly and actively interested. 



"My health is such now that I keep close at home, and 

 although there is a trout stream almost at my door. 1 am seldom 

 in condition to scramble along its shores as I wotdd dearly love. 



"Believe me 1 am deepl}- tonchec^. b\- the kdndly action of the 

 dear old friends and mend)ers of the Societ)-, and again thank 

 you, one and all, and wish you success in your good work, and 

 that luck will attend every cast, and that you may always come 

 home happv and with full creels of finny si)oil." 



Ria'OKT OF TH1-: CO.Ni.MlTTKl-: 0.\ KlXKIl.V TiO.V. 



Mr. Dickerson: \\'e have decided that owing to the fact 



