200 
PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO 
PROFESSOR VARNELL. 
In our last number it was announced that a testimonial, consisting 
of a silver tea-urn and a purse of £100, had been sent to Norfolk 
for presentation to Professor Varnell on his retirement from the 
active duties of his profession. We have now the pleasure to 
publish Mr. Varnell’s reply. 
To the Committee and Subscribers to the Testimonial Fund. 
Gentlemen, 
In acknowledging the receipt of the splendid testimonial which 
you have kindly forwarded to me I beg most sincerely, and with 
feelings of gratitude, to tender my thanks. 
I have also to thank the chairman, secretary, treasurer, and the 
committee, for undertaking a task which, though arduous, yet, I 
trust, has not been a disagreeable one. To the subscribers for their 
great kindness in contributing in the way they have done towards so 
munificent a gift I beg to offer my most grateful thanks, and to 
assure them that their generosity will be remembered by me to the 
latest hour of my life. 
It is with feelings of pride that I notice on the list of subscribers 
names of gentlemen who formerly were my pupils, and to whom it 
was my greatest delight to impart what knowledge I could, and in¬ 
culcate in them such principles as I thought best calculated to 
enhance their interests and uphold the status of the profession. 
This effort to do my duty as far as I was able seems not to have 
been forgotten by them. I also notice the names of ladies, who 
I beg will accept my special thanks. 
The beautiful piece of plate you have presented me with will be 
treasured up by me as one of the most precious things I possess, 
and not to be parted with so long as I live, and when I have finished 
my day on this earth I trust it will be retained by some one of my 
family who will prize it, not only for its intrinsic value, but on 
account of the source from whence it originally came. 
The inscription, beautifully emblazoned upon parchment, and 
