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the face of matter or chaos ; then He breathed light into the face 

 of man ; and still He breatheth and inspireth light into the face 

 of His chosen. The poet that beautified the sect, that was other- 

 wise inferior to the rest, saith yet exceedingly well, ' It is a 

 pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon 

 the sea : a pleasure- to stand in the window of a castle, and to 

 see a battle, and the adventures of it below : but no pleasure is 

 comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth, 

 and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests 

 in the vale below : so always that this prospect be with pity, 

 and not with swelling or pride. Certainly it is Heaven upon 

 Earth, to have a man's mind move in Charity, rest in Providence, 

 and turn upon the poles of Truth.' " 



Obituaey Notices. — During the past year the Club has had 

 to lament the loss of two . of its oldest members, Mr. George 

 "Wailes and Mr. E. B. Bowman. 



Mr. Wailes, who was an original member of the Club, and its 

 President, 1860, died about 31st Oct., 1882. He had been for a 

 long time unable to attend to business or to follow the studies 

 that had been the delight of his life. He devoted himself chiefly 

 to Entomology and the growing of Orchids and Alpine plants. 

 He formed a good collection of British Butterflies and Moths, 

 and contributed a Catalogue of the local Lepidoptera to the 

 Transactions of the Club. He possessed a good library of Works 

 on his favourite subjects. 



Mr. E. B. Bowman, whose death took place very suddenly in 

 the Old Museum, jN'ov. 24th, 1882, had been a member of the 

 Club from 1859, and, though taking no active part in its work- 

 ing, was an ardent sympathizer with all students in I^atural 

 History. He was early associated with the Messrs. Hancock, 

 Hutton, Hewitson, Alder, Burnett, and "Wailes in their Natural 

 History pursuits, devoting himself chiefly to Botany, and occu- 

 pied a distinguished position among its leading investigators, 

 and became an authority whose opinion was always of weight. 

 He was a genial kindly man, and ever ready to impart his 

 knowledge to earnest students. — J. W, 



