14 Annual Meeting. 



became quite famous, and were the means of spreading a taste 

 for science that had since borne good fruit. But it was mainly 

 his connection with that Society that he would refer to. 

 Although he was not one of the original founders, he took an 

 active part in its work when it numbered among its active 

 members such men as Dr. John Grattan, Dr. T. Andrews, 

 George Hyndman, Robert Patterson, William Thompson, 

 Edmund Getty, and Robert and James MacAdam. The last- 

 named was, like Dr. Bryce, an enthusiastic geologist, and they 

 cordially and loyally co-operated in carrying on geological 

 investigations at various points of interest, such as Woodburn, 

 Collon Glen, and Cullra. It would probably be in the recollec- 

 tion of most of those present that Dr. Bryce's death was the 

 result of his lifelong devotion to that science. He was at a 

 remote point in the Highlands — Inverfarraghy — preparing for 

 a lecture he was to give to some of his friends from Inverness, 

 and was overwhelmed by a debacle of large boulders, one of 

 which he had disturbed with his hammer. On the part of 

 Mrs. Bryce, his (Mr. Young's) sister, he had the pleasure of 

 presenting the portrait to the Society. 



Mr. Thomas Workman, in proposing that the best thanks 

 of the Society be tendered to Mrs. Bryce for her welcome and 

 valued gift, agreed with those present that it would be a very 

 pleasant thing to possess portraits of their prominent members. 

 It was men of the stamp of Mr. Bryce and Mr. Patterson who 

 had made Belfast what it was, not only as to its commercial 

 reputation, but with respect to its title of Northern Athens. 

 He trusted to see many additions to the mementoes, in the way 

 of portraits, they possessed of the eminent men connected with 

 the Society, and in the meantime he proposed their hearty 

 thanks to Mrs. Bryce for the admirable portrait presented to 

 them in her name by Mr. Young. 



Mr. John Brown (hon. treasurer) seconded the vote, which 

 was unanimously accorded. 



The President said they hoped some day to possess similar 

 portraits of men like Sir Wyville Thomson, Sir William 

 Thomson, Mr. James Thomson, Dr. Andrews, and others 



