IN MEMORTAM. 

 JAMES HARDY, LL.D. 



By J. Ferguson, F.S.A. (Scot.), Duns. 



When, in the opening days of October last, the tidings 

 of Dr Hardy's sudden death were announced in the 

 public prints, there must have been few among the 

 members of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club to whom 

 the news did not bring a keen sense of personal bereave- 

 ment. Foi' more than a quarter of a century he had 

 directed the affairs of the Olub with a zeal and energy 

 that knew no pause or abatement, and with a tact 

 and wisdom that have left no record of mistakes. But 

 he was much more to us than the mere official, greatly 

 as we admired him in that capacity. His person- 

 ality was so attractive, and by long years of helpful 

 intercourse and service he had so entwined himself 

 round our hearts, that when he passed away it was 

 as if a close and dear friend had bidden us farewell. 

 To the wide circle of scientific investigators outside 

 our limits, he may have been only a distinguished unit 

 in their number ; to us, as members of the Club, he 

 was the guide of many of our intellectual interests and 

 pursuits, and the centre of our personal regards. To 

 tell the stoiy of his life, and show what manner of 



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