150 FOWLER: ADDRESS TO LINCOLNSHIRE NATURALISTS. 
_ as possible in natural history, geology, and kindred studies, and such 
an interest is far better promoted by friendly gatherings such a 
secretary ; and, above all, in the formation of the nucleus o — 
a County Museum. 7m 
the School of Science and Art. Over and over again we hear of the 
irreplaceable treasures that leave the county simply because = 
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needed Museum, it will not have existed in vain. In onnection 
I should very much like to thank Mr. Fieldsend, in the name of Me 
Union, for all e has done for our present’ collecti x 
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the past year, but also to say a few words on the particular subjet 
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should, if Possible, have some bearing upon the natural history, 
geology or archeology of Lincolnshire. I should hardly, howevé 
venture to do more than merely touch upon the geology, botany : 
ornithology of the county, in the presence of several 
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‘can homoptera ; such observations, moreover, 
