IN MEMORIAM.— DR HARDY 345 



of duty, it will be my object and constant aim to 

 render it deserving of the encouragement which you 

 may be disposed to extend to it. 



I am, sir, 



Your most obedient servant, 



James Hardy. 



Ellison Terrace, corner of Grosvenor Street, 

 :30th July 1840. 



During his residence in Gateshead Mr Hardy became 

 a member of the Literary and Philosphical Society of 

 Newcastle, and the Newcastle Society of Antiquaries, 

 and pursued with unremitting activity his studies 

 and observations in natural history. He had, while 

 still at the University, formed the acquaintance of Sir 

 William Hooker; and through him, he was introduced to 

 Dr George Johnston of Berwick-on-Tweed, the founder 

 of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Dr Johnston 

 was one of the ablest naturalists of his day, and 

 was, besides, a man of wide culture, and possessed of 

 a fine literary gift. No better guide could have been 

 found for the young and ardent student, whose powers 

 only required to be wisely guided to produce work 

 of solid and lasting value. The friendship thus 

 formed was productive of far-reaching consequences, 

 not only to the parties immediately concerned, but 

 also to the infant Club in which Dr Johnston 

 took such a deep interest. Under his direction young 

 Hardy explored the botany and entomology of the 

 Tyneside District, as well as of the Cheviots, Merse, 

 and Eastern Lammermoors with a zeal and thoroughness 

 which left comparatively little to be done by sub- 

 sequent investigators. The results of his labours were 

 given in Dr Johnston's local Flora, and in numerous 



