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Rea/l by the President , H. 15. Woodward, F.G.S., to the Members 
of the. Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, at their 
Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting , held at the Norfolk awl 
Norwich Museum, March 28th, 1893. 
Ladies and Gentlemen — It is written in the Laws of this Society, 
that “the President shall be invited to deliver an Address 
containing a review of the proceedings of the Society during the 
past year, with such other observations from himself as he may 
deem conducive to the welfare of the Society, and the promotion 
of its objects.” I interpret this law in a manner not unfavourable 
to myself; and, following the example of some former Presidents, 
depend mainly on our Secretary for an account of the proceedings 
during the past session. If I do not apologise for my poor 
attendance at the meetings, it is because you took me, for better 
or worse, on the understanding that I should be an absentee 
President ; but none the less do I regret my inability to be present 
on more than two occasions. I may say I have appreciated the 
honour you have conferred upon me, and more especially as I take 
it as a compliment to the memory of my grandfather and father, 
both of whom were Norwich men, and Norfolk naturalists. 
During the past session the subjects brought before us have not 
been wanting in variety, nor in interest and importance. Our 
record fitly commences with the Mammals, for Mr. 11. R. Everitt 
read a paper on April 2Gth on the Scandinavian Lemming (Myodes 
temmus), directing attention to its peculiar migratory journeys. 
The species is not unknown to us in this country, for it occurs 
in the Pleistocene brickearth of the Thames Valley ; and has also 
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