PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



The Annual Address to the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, de- 

 livered at Bamborough, on the Ydth September, 1854. By the 

 Rev. George Rooke, M.A., Vicar of Embleton, &c, and 

 President of the Club. 



Gentlemen, 



I accepted the office of President of this Club in compliance 

 with an established rule, which forbids any one nominated to'the 

 Presidency to refuse the honour conferred on him, however ill- 

 qualified or unworthy of it he may judge himself to be. It is 

 in compliance with our rules that I now venture to address you 

 on retiring from the chair ; and in the performance of this, my 

 last duty, I have especially to bespeak your indulgence. Original 

 notices and observations on Natural History are not to be ex- 

 pected from one who, though he can join with the best of the 

 Club in acknowledging the Creator's wisdom and bounty mani- 

 fested in his works, yet has no pretensions to a scientific ac- 

 quaintance with them. 



It is, indeed, no more than may be reasonably expected in a 

 Club composed of members of all professions — nor will it be a 

 great inconvenience — if the annual address from the chair is 



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