PROCEEDINGS 



BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB, 



Address delivered at Berwick, on the 9,1th of September, 

 1861. By D. Milne Home, Esq., of Wedderburn, Presi- 

 dent. 



Gentlemen, 

 I NOW proceed to the duty which at the close of every sum- 

 mer session specially devolves on your President, viz. — the 

 delivery of an address, which shall embody the proceedings of 

 the club during the past year, and shall also submit to your 

 consideration some comments on these proceedings, and such 

 suggestions for the management of our institution as your 

 President may have thought of. 



The practice of this annual address, appears to me to have 

 many advantages. To those members who attended the 

 meetings, it in some degree renews the enjoyment and in- 

 struction which the meetings had afforded. To those mem- 

 bers who were absent, it shows in what way our club is 

 carrying out its objects, and on what grounds it claims a 

 continuance of their support. To the president himself, it 



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