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the first President and leader of the Club in this then new mode 

 of enjoying Natural History pursuits. "While living at Hedgeley 

 Mr. Carr had become a member of the Berwickshire Field Club, 

 and his object was to extend the enjoyment and utility of such 

 Clubs to the lovers of the works of ISTature in our own counties. 

 Though devoted chiefly to Scandinavian literature and antiqui- 

 ties, Mr. Carr always combined with these a general love of 

 I^atural History, especially in botany and ornithology, his long 

 residence in an interesting part of IS'orthumberland inducing a 

 strong predilection for the culture of trees and the observation of 

 our feathered tribes. 



Mr. George "Wailes was one of the promoters and original 

 members of this Society, and had much to do with framing the 

 original laws and rules of the Society. He also undertook the 

 drawing up of the first Trust Deed and other legal matters con- 

 nected with the eaiiy existence of the Society free of cost, for 

 which the thanks of the members were accorded to him in 

 1833. He was one of the working naturalists at that time, and 

 actively engaged with a few others in forming collections in 

 Entomology, chiefly Lepidoptera. At the same time he was an 

 enthusiastic grower of rare Orchideous plants, entering into this 

 expensive pleasure with much enthusiasm at a time when Orchid 

 growers were comparatively rare in this neighbourhood. He 

 acted for many years as Honorary Curator of the Insect Collec- 

 tions, and published a very complete Catalogue of the Diurnal 

 Lepidoptera in the Transactions of the ^Naturalists' Field Club, 

 of which Club he was elected President in 1860. He was a 

 member of the Entomological Societies of London, France, and 

 Stettin. For many long years Mr. "Wailes was an invalid, and 

 unable to pursue even his favourite studies, but cherishing a 

 generous love of them to the last. 



The Eev. John F. Bigge, with several other members of his 

 family, was early connected with this Society, and after his 

 settlement at Ovingham he became a member and Vice-President 

 of this Society up to the time of his death. He was warmly 



