PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



Address delivered to the Berwickshire Natuixdists' Club 

 at Beriuick, 12th October 1899. By James Smail, 

 F.S.A. (Scot.), Edinburgh. 



Ladies and Gentlemen, 



I begin my address by first saying that 

 my thanks are due, and I give them sincerely, for the 

 honour done me by the Club in electing me President 

 for the year. I have been a member for 33 years ; but 

 for many years before my admission I had been conversant 

 with the Club's movements, and had enthusiastically 

 perused its printed Proceedings, lent me, as they appeared 

 from time to time, by one of its oldest members. From 

 circumstances somewhat beyond my control, I was, to 

 my regret, unfortunately unable to attend the Club's 

 meetings for about twenty years ; but two years ago I 

 wrote to my dear old friend, the late Dr Hardy, telling 

 him that " the joy of freedom " had dawned on me, and 

 that I would gladly renew my old love, and roam again 

 over the Club's happy hunting grounds with my feljow 



P.N.C. — yOL. XVII. NO, I, 5 



