164 Anniversary Address. 



September, 1873, when the members breakfasted, by special 

 invitation, at the residence of Mrs Bar well Carter, the 

 eldest daughter of the late Dr. Johnston, founder of the 

 Club in 1831, and herself an honorary member. After 

 breakfast, the attention of the members was drawn to a rich 

 collection of objects of natural history. These consisted of 

 the original " Flora of Berwick," collected by her father, and 

 drawings of subjects illustrating the " Natural History of 

 the Eastern Borders." Dr. Johnston's collection of sea- 

 weeds of the east coast was likewise exhibited, together 

 with many other objects too numerous to mention. The 

 microscope of feeble power with which Dr. Johnston made 

 his great discovery of the circulation in sponges, was beheld 

 with interest. A collection of drawings of the phenogamous 

 plants of the district, contributed by Miss Dickinson, of 

 Norham, was much admired. 



After breakfast, most of the members availed themselves 

 of an invitation from Mr. George Young to proceed up the 

 river to Heugh- Shield, above the mouth of the Whitadder 

 — a distance of about three miles — to witness the operation 

 of marking certain fish for future identification. The species 

 marked were " whitlings " and " blacktails," both being 

 supposed to be the young of the bull-trout (Salmo Eriox) 

 in different stages of growth, This operation was going on 

 under the superintendence of Mr. List and certain gentlemen 

 belonoing to the Tweed Commission. A considerable number, 

 about one hundred and fifty, were caught, measured, weighed, 

 and marked by the insertion of a wire, bearing a cypher, 

 into the dead tail fins. The party then returned to Berwick 

 and met thirty-two members and five guests at dinner, at 

 the King's Arms Hotel, under the presidency of Dr. Stuart. 

 After the conclusion of dinner, Dr. F. Douglas, one of the 

 Secretaries, read an account of the opening of three cists on 

 the estate of Sunlaws, in January last ; and Sir Walter 

 Elliot read an obituary notice of the late Dr. T. C. Jerdon, 

 of the Madras Medical Service, who had rendered his name 



