PEOCEEDINGS 



ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 



EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION, 1857-58. 



Wednesday, November 25, 1857. W, H. Lowe, M.D., President, in 

 the Chair. 



The following Donation to the Library was laid on the table, and 

 thanks voted to the donor : — 



Proceedings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. Part. VII. of Vol. 

 III., 1856, and Part. I. of Vol. IV., 1857. 



John Cleland, M.D., and E. W. Dallas, Esq., were elected Members of 

 the Society; Mr Pdchard Shield, Alpha Place, Kentish Town, London, 

 was elected a Non-Resident Member. 



It was announced that the Rev. John Fleming, D.D., Pro- 

 fessor of Natural Science, New College, late President of the 

 Society, had died on the 18th November, and the members, 

 after communication with the family, and in compliance with 

 an invitation issued by the Secretary, had, on the 24th inst., 

 joined the funeral procession on its way to the Dean Cemetery. 



And it was agreed that the Society should, at this its first 

 meeting, record the very high respect and regard in which the 

 members held their deceased friend, and the deep sorrow they feel 

 on the occasion of his sudden death. Dr Fleming was an active 

 member of the Society while yet a student — was instrumental 

 in resuscitating it after it had been nearly dormant for several 

 years, and was twice elected one of the Presidents. He took 

 the most lively interest in all the Society's proceedings, and 

 was always ready to contribute papers, and to take part in the 

 discussions. The rich and varied stores of knowledge which 

 he possessed, obtained to a large extent through original ob- 

 servation and research, and eminently characterized by 

 thoroughness and accuracy, were ever at the command of the: 



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