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Report of the Meetings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' 

 Club for the year 1879. By James Haedy. 



The last meeting for 1878 was held at Berwick, on Wednes- 

 day, 16tli October. Among others who took part in the day's 

 proceedings, there were — the President, Professor Balfour ; the 

 two Secretaries ; Sir Walter Elliot, K.C.S.I., &c., &c. ; Captain 

 Milne Home, M.P., Paxton House ; Eevs. J. F. Bigge, Stam- 

 fordham ; William Darnell, Bamhurgh ; William Dobie, Lady- 

 kirk; Hugh Evans, Scremerston ; James Henderson, Ancroft; 

 John George Eowe, Berwick ; Evan Eutter, Spittal ; Joshua 

 Hill Scott, Kelso ; E. Hopper Williamson, Whickham ; Capt. J, 

 A. Forbes, E.N., Berwick; Capt. F. M. Norman, E.N., Ber- 

 wick ; Dr Isaac Bayley Balfour, Edinburgh ; Dr Barrie, Dum- 

 fries ; Dr Colville Brown, Berwick ; Dr Alexander Dewar, Mel- 

 rose ; Dr Eobert Carr Fluker, Berwick ; Dr John Paxton, 

 Norham ; Dr Henry Eichardson, E.N., Berwick ; Messrs E. Gr. 

 Bolam and Greorge Bolam, Berwick ; William B Boyd, Ormiston ; 

 Andrew Brotherston, Kelso ; William Chartres, Ayton ; John 

 Clay, Berwick ; William Crawford, Dunse ; William Cunning- 

 ham, Coldstream ; Thomas Darling, Berwick ; Ealph Forster of 

 Castlehills, Berwick ; James B. Kerr, Kelso ; James Nicholson, 

 Murton, Berwick ; A. T. Eobertson, Berwick ; Stanley Hill 

 Scott, Kelso ; William Stevenson, Dunse ; John Thomson, 

 Kelso ; Charles Watson, Dunse ; William Weatherhead, Ber- 

 wick ; William Wilson, Berwick ; Matthew Young, Berwick. 



The members assembled in the Billiard-room of the King's 

 Arms Hotel, where Professor Balfour delivered his Address. 

 Those who attended were gratified to see that the venerable Pro- 

 fessor had so far rallied from a severe illness, as to be enabled 

 to speak a few words in season, and to shew by his presence the 

 great interest he felt in the welfare of the Club. The remem- 

 brance of this event is the more touching now, that he has lost 

 since then his amiable partner in life, who, as well as his son, 

 accompanied him to Berwick on this occasion, The Eeport of 

 the Proceedings at the different meetings for the season, was 

 read, after which Dr Paxton of Norham was elected as President 

 for the ensuing year. 



On this, as on previous anniversaries, the house, once Dr 

 Johnston's, was opened by Mrs Barwell Carter, to members, most 



