PROCEEDINGS 



BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



Address delivered to the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, at 

 Berwick, September 25th, 1873- By Charles Stuart, 

 M.D., Chirnside, President. 



Gentlemen, 

 According to established usage, I have now the privilege of 

 reading a summary of the proceedings of our Club for the 

 past year. 



The anniversary meeting was held at Berwick, on Thurs- 

 day, 26th September, 1872. The weather was bright and 

 fine, after a furious storm of wind and rain, which was very 

 disastrous to the crops. On the day previous the river 

 Whitadder was in higher flood than since 1846, and caused 

 great damage by overflowing the fields and carrying down 

 the corn yet exposed. On the day of meeting, the sea was 

 still breaking in huge rollers, very grand to look at from the 

 shore. There were present : — The Rev. F. R. Simpson, 

 President ; Dr. F. Douglas and Mr. Hardy, Secretaries, and 

 Mr. Middlemas, Treasurer ; Revs. J. *G. Rowe, Thos. Rogers, 

 W. Procter, jun., J. C. Brown, LL.D., P. G. McDouall, Win. 

 Darnell, W. L. J. Cooley, J. Irwin ; Dr. Fluker (Sheriff of 

 Berwick), Dr. C. Stuart ; Messrs. F. J. W. Collingwood, Jaa. 



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