196 The Presidential Address.
but his brother, Mr. Richard L. Barnes, has most kindly
and efficiently been carrying on his duties for him during his
absence.
Summing up the results achieved during the second year
of our existence, we have every reason to be satisfied with
our position. We may at first have appeared to be aiming
rather high in aspiring to the rank of the County Club, but
our present list of members shows that we are justified in
laying claim to this title. We have mustered our scientific
forces farther afield, and we hope during the approaching
season to gather fresh strength from the farthermost limits
of our County.
As the prosperity of our Club has happily rendered un-
necessary anything more than a general sketch of our
labours, I have thought it best to establish a precedent for
maintaining the activity of the Presidential Chair by offering
for your consideration a memoir upon a special biological
subject, and to this I will at once proceed without further
delay.
[The President then read the first part of an exhaustive
essay on "The Phenomena of Cyclical Propagation in the
Animal Kingdom." This memoir will be printed as a separate
paper in the next volume of the 'Transactions.'—Ed.]