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members. To this I received from him a kind and 

 hearty reply. From what I have said, I trust you will 

 readily understand how gratified I felt when, a year 

 afterwards, you made me President. 



I also beg to express my gratification for the kindness 

 shown me by members at all the meetings of the year, 

 and I wish to record my thanks to the Rev. Mr Gunn, 

 the Club's Secretary, and to Mr Bolam, our Treasurer, 

 for the kind and ever-ready aid they have given me 

 in all matters pertaining to the Club. 



At this stage of our meeting it is my duty to bring 

 to your remembrance the loss the Club has sustained 

 during the year from the death of some of the members. 

 Those members each took a warm interest in the Club, 

 and all, or nearly all of them, had on several (some of 

 them on many) occasions joyously roamed with us on 

 our pleasant journeys in field and forest, and had, besides, 

 been often helpful in various matters connected with our 

 pursuits. I am certain that we, one and all, deeply 

 deplore their departure, and that a number of us shall 

 long hold them in tender, as well as pleasing, remem- 

 brance. As I understand that a separate notice of most 

 of those deceased members will appear in the Proceedings 

 of the year, I shall now give only their names. These 

 are : — 



His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, Alnwick 

 Castle, who became a member of the Club in 1868. 



Mr Robert G. Bolam, Berwick, who joined in the 

 same year. 



Lord Napier and Ettrick, who joined in 1881. 



Mr Richard H. Dunn, Earlston, who joined in 1886. 



Surgeon-Major-General S. A. Lithgow, Edinburgh, who 

 joined in 1894. 



After these remarks I may now, I think, say a few 

 words regarding the study of Natural History. To a 

 large portion of the human race it brings its o\vi\ 



