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principles and practice of agriculture, horticulture and forestry ; 

 and the habits of punctuality and method acquired in the public 

 service in early life, made him orderly and exact in the transac- 

 tions of business all through his long career. He was an excel- 

 lent and considerate landlord, and evinced a kindly interest in the 

 concerns of his dependents, those especially who had been over- 

 taken by illness or adversity being the objects of his open-handed 

 but unostentatious generosity." His Lordship became a member 

 of the Club, Oct. 20th, 1847, and ranked 13th in the order of 

 seniority of membership. An earlier interest, however, had been 

 manifested by him in the objects of the Club, as in 1835 it is 

 recorded that there was read " A notice of the Fishes found in the 

 Tweed, and in the rivulets and lochs in the vicinity of the Hirsel, 

 by the Earl of Home." (Proc. i. p. 67). This appears to have 

 been partly utilised in Dr. Johnston's " List of the Fishes of 

 Berwickshire," in the same vol. p. 172. In vol. v. p. 442 we 

 have another communication signifying that for three nights, 7th, 

 8th, and 9th November a swallow passed the night in the library 

 at Hirsel. Lord Home also supplied information to Mr Yarrel for 

 his " British Fishes." Under his Lordship's sanction, the family 

 papers of the House of Home, have long been under preparation 

 by Mr William Fraser, as a privately printed work. 3. Eev.John 

 Hunter Walker, minister of Greenlaw, died there in June 26th, 

 1881, in the 81st year of his age, and 48th of his ministry. Mr 

 Walker was previously minister of Legerwood, where he was or- 

 dained, Oct. 4th, 1836. He was translated to Greenlaw, Aug. 

 2nd, 1844. He was an able and earnest preacher, and was much 

 esteemed and respected by his parishioners. He was able to dis- 

 charge his pastoral and pulpit duties to the last. Mr Walker was 

 fond of archaeology", and had a fund of local information about the 

 topography and traditions of Berwickshire, and the history of the 

 ancient families of the district, which he was always happy to 

 impart to a ready listener, to whom his suavity of manner was 

 charming. He had conversed with many old people of intelli- 

 gence and observation, and he thus came to know much that the 

 older generation had certain opinions upon, and the grounds on 

 which these rested. He had also read extensively, and recollected 

 all he had read. Geology had engaged some of his spare time, 

 as appears from a few notices he has left. He was the writer of 

 the account of the parish of Legerwood in the New Stat. Account 

 of Berwickshire, pp. 347-3o0. He became a member of the 



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