134 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS 



Edward A. L, Batters, LL.B., F.L.S., London, was elected 

 a member in 1883, and appears to have at once begun 

 to contribute to the Proceedings, producing, at the age 

 of twenty-four, a valuable paper on the Marine Algse of 

 Berwick-on-Tweed, in which he named a large number 

 of species, and urged upon the members the desirability 

 of devoting time and attention to the study of sea- weeds 

 in a district specially advantageous for its successful 

 prosecution. Endowed with talents of a high order, he 

 continued his investigations while at the English Bar^ 

 and presented the Club from time to time with elaborate 

 lists of the flora of the sea and shore. A local journal 

 testified to his brilliant attainments and amiable character, 

 lamenting, as we also do, the termination of a distinguished 

 career at a comparatively early stage. 



Francis Lynn, F.S.A. (Scot.), Galashiels, achieved dis- 

 tinction by his attainment in the field of archaeological 

 research, his attention having been more specially devoted 

 to the study of ancient British camps. On this subject 

 he had acquired a large fund of information, upon which 

 he drew in his preparation of papers for the Proceedings. 

 In addition to written communications, he contributed 

 many maps and plans compiled from his own measure- 

 ments ; and was always ready, at any excursion to a British 

 hill-fort, to supply information and offer suggestions 

 regarding its antiquity and defensive possibilities. 



Watson Askew Robertson of Pallinsburn, elected a 

 member in 1860, was appointed President in 1891, in 

 which year, at his invitation, the Club visited Ladykirk 

 House, and partook of his generous hospitality. He was 

 conspicuous on the Border for his public spirit, and took 

 a keen interest in thig Club and its sister Societies in 

 the neighbourhood. 



Captain J. R. Carr-Ellison of Hedgeley was elected a 

 member in 1872, and appointed President in 1893. As 

 illustrative of his interest in birds, it may be recalled 

 that in his retiring Address h§ testified to hearing the 



