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of the corps with which he was so long associated, showing that he has not forgotten 
us or ceased to take an interest in our work, and bring credit upon the corps to 
which he belonged. We remember that he was one of the observers selected to 
take charge of a party in the expedition for observing the transit of Venus, that his 
place was at one of the most important stations, and that his observations were not 
the least important nor the least valuable. I ask him to accept our thanks, 
(Applause). 
