246 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS 



objects of this Club. My father was one of the earliest arid 

 keenest members of it, and I am proud to have been one of 

 his successors in the Presidential chair. During my 

 occupation of it I have received most kindly aid and 

 support from all members with whom I have been brought 

 into contact, and I am grateful to them, but most particular- 

 ly to the Secretary and Treasurer, for their able assistance 

 in the arrangements for, and conduct of our Field Meetings. 

 Had it not been for the bereavements of the Club which I 

 chronicled at the outset of my Address, the year would have 

 been one of unmitigated pleasure. 



Once more, T refer to the remark made with regard to Dr 

 Hardy's death. " I don't know how we shall ever get on 

 without him." Be it ours, while ever regretting his loss 

 and never forgetting his life, to insist on " getting on without 

 him," and so maintain the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club at 

 the same height of success to which it has been brought by 

 him and others. 



My last duty and privilege is to nominate my successor, 

 and I therefore hereby nominate to the honourable position 

 of President for the ensuing year — a Roxburghshire 

 man— Mr J. Small, F.S.A., Scot., Edinburgh. 



