PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB, 



Address delivered to the Berivickshire Naturalists' Club, at 

 Berwick, October 10th, 1883. By George Pringle 

 Hughes, Esq., of Middleton Hall. 



Gentlemen, 



My first duty, as President of the Berwickshire Naturalists' 

 Club, is to tender my thanks to the late President, the Rev. 

 James Farquharson, and to our distinguished friend. Sir 

 Walter Elliot, for proposing and seconding, and to the mem- 

 bers for electing me to that office, for the season we are to- 

 day bringing to a close. Some years ago you very kindly 

 named me for the post, but the numerous affairs of a private 

 nature, which at that time claimed my attention, induced 

 me to decline, with reluctance, an honour which I have this 

 year accepted with much pleasure. 



When, however, I call to remembrance the able men who 

 have preceded me in this office — men who have been distin- 

 guished in one or more departments of science, I must make 

 one earnest appeal to your kind indulgence ere I enter upon 

 the subject of my address. 



The British Association, the Scientific Parliament of the 

 year, and the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club had their 

 origin in the summer of 1831, the latter having the prece- 

 dence by a very few days. The Association, which that 

 year held its meeting at York, has from the first been as- 

 sisted, at its annual Congress of 7 days, and on the Com- 

 e.N.C. — VOL. X. NO. II. c 1 



