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the younger portion) should borrow the volume and read it 

 attentively, and thus see the wonderful perseverance this man 

 had from his earliest childhood. 



I sincerely trust that the summer excursions will be continued 

 during next season, and will be well attended. They are the 

 means of gaining so much useful and practical information 

 which is imparted from one member to another while out col- 

 lecting, for although some of us have collected for twenty-five or 

 thirty years we have very much to learn and are always pleased 

 to obtain hints and experience from our younger entomologists. 



I am exceedingly sorry that I am not allowed by my doctor 

 to be out late in the evening yet ; otherwise, it would have given 

 me much pleasure to resign the chair in person, and hand 

 it over to x your new President, who is a gentleman I deeply 

 respect, and have ever since I had the pleasure of his acquaint- 

 ance, for his thorough kindheartedness, and feel confident that 

 he will be everything that can be wished for in a chairman. 

 His knowledge is great in most branches of natural history, and 

 what information he has obtained is entirely due to his own 

 hard-working and never-ceasing industry, and as a microscopist 

 he is not to be excelled. I may also congratulate the members 

 upon their choice of Vice-President for the ensuing year. He is 

 a very hard-working and thoroughly practical entomologist. With 

 these two gentlemen at your head, and your very able secretary, 

 treasurer, librarian, and curator, I certainly think that the affairs 

 of the Society should work well, and I trust with all my heart it 

 will turn out so. In conclusion, I wish prosperity to the Society, 

 and a Merry Christmas and a happy and good Entomological 

 New Year to all the members. 



J. R. WELLMAN. 



