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I am sorry to have again to bring before the Society this session another loss it has sustained by the death of our respected friend Mr. Coutts, which took place on the 19th March last, in the 76th year of his age. He was a member of the Society for the last eleven years, but was long previously known to many of us who were also members of the Natural History Society, of which he had been a member for nearly 20 years. Although his studies in natural science were taken up only after he had considerably passed the prime of life, yet he showed an enthusiasm in pursuit of them that was worthy of a younger frame. During all his membership he was a most regular attender of the meetings and excursions, and his familiar form will on these occasions be missed by all his friends.
Mr. Coutts attended my Class of Geology in the Mechanics’ Institution for nearly ten sessions, and at the age of 66 or 67 he presented himself at the Government Science and Art Examinations, gaining from the Department a 2nd class certificate for geology, an honour which he was deservedly proud of.
He wrote several short papers on geological subjects, which were printed in our Transactions, or in the Proceedings of the Natural History Society, and was a constant exhibitor at our meetings of a great variety of specimens, invariably accompanied by a note of remarks which he had worked up in the most
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