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ADDEESS TO THE MEMBERS OE THE TYJ^ESIDE 

 J^ATUEALISTS' EIELD CLUB, 



READ BY THE PRESIDENT, DENNIS EMBLETON, ESQ., M.D., F.R C.P., AT 

 THE THIRTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY MEETING, HELD IN THE MUSEUM 

 OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, ON 

 FRIDAY, MAY 2nd, 1879. 



Ladies and Gentlemen, — In March, 1850, I had the honour of 

 being appointed President of this Club, and now, after the lapse 

 of twenty-eight years, I have been the recipient of the same 

 honour. In return I can only say that I look upon this as a 

 mark of your kindness and not of my deserts, and I beg of you to 

 accept my warmest acknowledgments for this repeated honour. 



In the thirty-three years during which the Club has existed 

 it has grown in numbers and flourished in importance, and, what 

 is very gratifying, it has, by the judicious management of our 

 Treasurer and Secretaries, been steered clear of financial difficul- 

 ties, and has at the present time a respectable balance in hand. 



Erom the year 1846 to 1864 the Tyneside Club had of itself 

 published six volumes of Transactions, and since the latter date 

 there have been published by the co-operation of the Club and 

 the l^atural History Society of l^orthumberland, Durham, and 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, seven volumes, forming a new series. 

 The quality of these contributions to local IS'atural History has 

 been duly appreciated by jN"aturalists at home and abroad. 



As we followed the example of the Berwickshire JS'aturalists' 

 Club so our example has contributed to the means of calling into 

 existence numerous other and similar Societies in many parts of 

 Great Britain. 



But I must not longer delay bringing under your notice the 

 customary annual account of the past year's doings of the Club. 



The EiRST Field Meeting of the year was hold on the 15th of 

 May, at Axwell Park, by the kind permission of Sir Henry A. 

 Clavering, Bart. 



The weather, which had for several days been most unpropi- 

 tious, severe storms of lightning, thunder, and heavy rain luiving 



