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BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



Address delivered to the Berivickshire Naturalists' Club, 

 at Berwick, 9th October 1805. By William T. 

 HiNDMARSH, F.L.S., Alnbank, Alnwick. 



Gentlemen, 



It IS now my duty, before relinquishing 

 this chair, to deliver what is termed the Presidential 

 Address, and I assure you I approach the task with no 

 little trepidation : not from a lack of subjects, which 

 with a Club embracing so wide a field of research as 

 ours might well provide a text, but because I am fully 

 conscious of my inability to deal with them in a manner 

 satisfactory to myself or acceptable to you. 



But let me, in the first })lace, tender my warmest 

 thanks for the distinguished honour you conferred on 

 me by electing me your President, for the enthusiastic 

 support I have received during my year of office, for 

 the much too generous way in which you have acknow- 

 ledged any small efforts of mine to advance the interests 

 of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, and for your most 

 lenient treatment of the many shortcomings in the 

 performance of my duties ; and especially let me express 

 my indebtedness to our able Secretary, Dr Hardy, for 

 his never-failing and judicious advice and counsel. 



I am glad 1 have been able to attend all our 

 meetings, which, I believe, have been abnormally large, 



B.N.C. — VOL. XV. NO. II. AA 



