352 IN MEMORIAM.— DR, HARDY 



successful etfort in his favourite pursuits. No one ever 

 laboured with more of a single eye than he, or with a 

 more complete indifference to material rewards. But 

 gifts and honours, though unsought, were not withheld. 

 The members of the Club felt that so much diligence 

 and ability, placed at their service ungrudgingly for 

 so many years, deserved some recognition ; and at the 

 Jubilee Meeting held at Grant's House in June 1881, 

 under the Presidency of the late Rev. Dr Thomas Brown 

 of Edinburgh, he was presented with a cheque for £111 

 and a valuable microscope, in testimony of their admir- 

 ation and regard. But the crowning honour of his life 

 came to him, as was fitting, from his Alma Mater. In 

 1890, the Senatus of the University of Edinburgh, in 

 recognition of his scientific eminence and the value of the 

 work he had accomplished, conferred upon him the 

 degree of LL.D. The bestowment of this honour upon 

 their veteran Secretary was hailed with the liveliest 

 satisfaction by the members of the Club, who resolved 

 to convey their congratulations in a substantial form. 

 No time was lost in carrying the resolution into effect. 

 Dr Hardy received his degree in April 1890, and in 

 June of the same year, at a largely attended meeting 

 of the Club held at Beanley, Northumberland, he was 

 presented by Sir William Crossman, the President for 

 the year, in name of the Club, with a cheque for £400 

 and a beautifully illuminated congratulatory address. 

 It was felt that the President struck a note appropriate 

 to the occasion, when, in making the presentation, he 

 referred to the spirit and manner in which Dr Hardy 

 had performed the duties of Secretary, and expressed 

 the hope that he might continue to give for many more 

 years the same valuable services to the Club that he 

 had hitherto done. Dr Hardy's modest reply was worthy 

 of the man. He spoke with pardonable satisfaction 

 of his long career, in connection with the Club, but there 



