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loss of one who has had their interests so much at heart, whose 

 learning was so varied, who has promoted in all directions and 

 in a hundred ways the objects for which the club exists, and who 

 also, by his grace and tact and temper, has endeared himself to 

 all its members. And they earnestly hope that his accustomed 

 strength and health will soon return and long continue." 

 (Applause.) 



Captain ELWES supported as Hon. Treasurer the Hon. 

 Secretary's expression of deep regret at the President's retire- 

 ment, and in the course of his remarks said they would feel 

 keenly the loss to which the Hon. Sec. had so well referred. 



The CHAIRMAN, emphasising the expression of regret with a 

 few forceful words, put the resolution, which was carried 

 unanimously. 



Mr. BOSWORTH SMITH said that, as a humble member of the 

 rank and file of the club, he should like to add, to what had 

 been said by the officers, his testimony as to the great loss 

 the club had suffered in the early resignation of Lord 

 Eustace Cecil. They all felt a year and a-half ago, when they 

 lost their incomparable president, one so inexpressibly dear to 

 them as Mr. Mansel-Pleydell, that it was only too likely that the 

 club would either collapse or be most seriously damaged in 

 popularity and efficiency. That it had not done so was due in 

 the main to the energy and ability, the knowledge, courtesy, and 

 geniality of Lord Eustace Cecil. 



The resolution has been conveyed to the retiring President 

 by the Hon. Sec. 



Mr. R. BOSWORTH SMITH then read another of his charming 

 papers on bird life, entitled " Rooks and Jackdaws at Home in 

 Dorset," and, after the CHAIRMAN had expressed the thanks of 

 the club to him, the meeting closed. 





