420 president's address. 



has already received notice. The truthful and simple memorial 

 of his life, from the pen of Dr. Embleton is a document which 

 will give value to the forthcoming part of the Transactions of 

 the united Societies. And yet, a more substantial memorial is 

 demanded. A scheme has been resolved on which will tend at 

 once to hold in prominent remembrance the memory of the great 

 naturalist, and to promote the study to which the energies of his 

 life were devoted. The members of the Tyxeside Club and the 

 Natural History Society are not persons to resolve and not per- 

 form. During Mr. Alder's life-time we all felt exalted in his 

 exaltation — let us each add at least one stone to the cairn that 

 shall tell to subsequent generations the services and the worth of 

 our departed associate. 



And now I resign the high office which I have held during the 

 last twelvemonths. I confess I accepted it without duly reflect- 

 ing upon the brilliant qualifications of most of those who had 

 preceded me. No one can have been so conscious as I have been 

 of my inability rightly to discharge its duties, but I may venture 

 to say, that every effort that I could put forth for the benefit of 

 the Club has been most willingly rendered. 



The members of the Club are, I believe, more numerous now 

 than they ever were. May they continue to increase ! and may 

 the Tyneslde Naturalists' Field Club in the future, even more 

 than in the past, be the means of promoting an intimate acquaint- 

 ance with the marvellous works of our God — of promoting the 

 health and happiness of its members, and of nurturing a spirit of 

 harmony, kindness, and charity amongst all with whom we are 

 brought in contact. 



