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jnHE 3-car that has elapsed since the last anniversary 

 meeting of this Club has been remarkable in 

 many ways. A costly war has been success- 

 fully brought to an end, and a new reign has 

 "^^■^^^V' been peacefully inaugurated. The event, 

 however, which concerned us most nearly, 

 speaking as I am to the members of this 

 Club, was the loss of our much-beloved 

 President — one of the original founders of 

 this society — who, for 27 years laboured in 

 its behalf, and spared neither time, trouble, nor expense, to 

 promote its interests. Conspicuous for his attainments in 

 every department of natural history, nobody feels more than I, 

 who have the honour of addressing you, tlie difficulty of 

 emulating his example and, still more, of following his footsteps 

 in the paths of scientific knowledge ! But, if I cannot hope to 

 achieve the impossible, I can at least throw myself upon your 

 indulgence and ask for the support of all those resident in the 

 county who are interested in the discoveries of the past and the 



