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them to do something. But whether or no the disease could he 
stamped out in this country, they ought all to feel, and, if possible, 
to show their admiration and gratitude to one whose patient and 
disinterested researches had opened to mankind a way by which, 
under Providence, to escape one of the most cruel, and, at the same 
time, inevitable of deaths. To all interested in natural history, the 
labours of M. Pasteur on some of the lowest and most obscure, and 
at once most powerful of living organisms, must of necessity com¬ 
mend themselves, and when they considered the enormous amount 
of suffering, both by the lower animals and man, that he had 
removed or alleviated, they might well greet him as one of the 
greatest benefactors to the world of animated nature. 
Ordinary Meeting, 19th November, 1889, at Watford. 
The Eight Honourable the Earl of Clarendon, President, in 
the Chair. 
Mr. William Harford, Mr. E. G. Kitton, Mrs. Quincey Lane, 
the Venerable Archdeacon Lawrance, M.A., Mr. Eichard Lydekker, 
E.A., E.G.S., Mr. E. H. Norman, Mr. J. G. E. Sibbald, and Mr. J. 
W. Spackman, were elected Members of the Society. 
Mr. J. Watson Neish, Highfield, Watford, and Mr. Higby S. W. 
Nicholl, E.L.S., E.G.S., The Ham, Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, 
were proposed for membership. 
The following lecture was delivered :— 
“ The Diseases of Plants due to Eungi.” By George Massee, 
E.E.M.S., University Extension Lecturer. 
Ordinary Meeting, 17th December, 1889, at Watford. 
George Eooper, Esq., E.Z.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr. G. Watson Neish and Mr. Digby S. W. Nicholl, E.L.S., 
E.Z.S., were elected Members of the Society. 
Mr. E. W. Headley, M.A., Haileybury College, Hertford, and 
Mr. H. Eeynolds Solly, Serge Hill, Bedmond, were proposed for 
membership. 
The following lecture was delivered:— 
“ Notes on a Visit to Italy.” By A. T. Brett, M.D. 
Ordinary Meeting, 20th January, 1890, at Watford. 
George Eooper, Esq., E.Z.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr. E. W. Headley, M.A., and Mr. H. Eeynolds Solly were 
elected Members of the Society. 
Mr. E. H. Bookey, B.A., Oak Vale School, Berkhamsted; Mr. 
C. J. Gilbert, E.G.S., Plas Gwyn, Berkhamsted, and Mr. Charles 
E. Jones, Eussell Earm, Watford, were proposed for membership. 
