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sembled a small museum. Many of the specimens 

 have been presented (through the president's agency) 

 by the authorities of the Natural History Museum at 

 South Kensington ; others have been collected and set 

 up by members of the club, and in many cases their 

 work could scarcely be improved upon either in scien- 

 tific arrangement or artistic execution. From the be- 

 ginning the club numbered among its members several 

 Paulines of exceptional ability, and though as collectors 

 they were naturally at a disadvantage from the fact 

 that they lived in London, when the first Nature 

 Study exhibition was held at the Botanical Gardens in 

 1902, the St. Paul's School Field Club exhibits were 

 among those selected for the highest honours. 



The weekly meetings of the Field Club were a real 

 pleasure to its president, and he was always ready 

 himself to learn from those of its members who were 

 specialists in any particular subject. I remember the 

 delight with which he afterwards recounted how, when 

 an error in some other natural history writer's facts 

 had been commented on, a small boy remarked de- 

 murely, with a twinkle in his eye, " But of course, sir, 

 he hadn't the advantage of a form of well-informed 

 boys to consult." 



It was one of his distractions during his long illness 

 to make plans for the future well-being of the Field 

 Club, and one of the last letters he dictated was to 

 inquire about some fishing near London which he 

 hoped to be able to take for the use of its members. 

 This very genuine interest in their amusements as 

 well as in their work naturally made him a favourite 



