THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



MAY, 1830. 



Art. I. An Address delivered at the sixth and last Anniversary 

 Meeting of the Zoological Club of the Linnean Society of Lon- 

 don, on the ^9th of November, 1829. By N. A. Vigors, Esq. 

 A.M. F.R.S. &c. 



There are few among the friends whom I now see around 

 Ine, who have not at some time experienced the bitterness of 

 feeling that accompanies a last farewell. Even although the 

 " accustomed spot," from which it may be our lot to be sepa- 

 rated, may not recall to our recollection the most favourable 

 associations, still the idea of never returning to it will elicit 

 from us " a lingering look " as we part from it for ever. How 

 much more deep must be the regret, at this moment, with which 

 I take my leave of a Society endeared to me by every tie of 

 friendship and kind feeling ! Six years have this day elapsed 

 since our club first existed as a scientific body; and when I 

 look back upon the many hours during that length of period 

 which I have passed in conjunction with it, I do not recog- 

 nise one upon which I can dwell with aught but the liveliest 

 pleasure. Much of friendly and intellectual intercourse, — 

 much of valuable instruction, — much of that high sense of 

 enjoyment which attends the pursuit of kindred studies in con- 

 cert with kindred spirits, — is exhibited in that retrospect. A 

 more than ordinary interest indeed unites me with this club. 

 As a friend to the science it cultivates, I took an active part 

 in its original formation ; as your secretary for some "^ears, I 

 ■contributed an humble but a zealous share to its support; 

 and as your chairman this year, I find the duty devolve 

 upon me of pronouncing its requiem. Identified as I thus 

 consider myself with your body, I trust, gentlemen, I shall 

 receive credit from you for sincerity, when I again declare the 

 heartfelt regret with which I announce, that, when this night 

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