The Days of a Man 1914 



in Psychology and related branches, the sum in 

 question being about one million dollars. 1 

 in the With Mr. Stanford and his two cronies, Ross and 



Australian QQQ^ \ went to Warburton on the Yarra Yarra 

 River in the foothills of the "Australian Alps." Here 

 were stately forests of eucalyptus and many noble 

 tree ferns, but the ravages of fire had sadly mutilated 

 the forest beauty. Moreover, the weather was hot 

 and dry, and multitudes of gnats made the most of 

 their opportunity; yet as always the great Australian 

 bush had a charm of its own. Afterward I found time 

 to go with Crook to the shore at Point Barring south 

 of Melbourne, where I picked up some fossil sea 

 urchins and shells for Eric. 



Melbourne I n Melbourne I again met my colleague in Zoology, 

 Dr. Baldwin Spencer, one of the ablest and most 

 progressive citizens of the Commonwealth. I also 

 made the acquaintance of Mrs. Kenyon and her 

 daughter, Miss Barbara, conchologists, who gave me 

 a number of rare species of shells for the boy. With 

 George H. Knibbs, government statistician, I had 

 several interesting and informing talks, followed since 

 then by correspondence on world affairs. I further 

 renewed relations with the Peace Society, represented 

 especially by E. E. Dillon, J. B. Howie, Charles 

 Strong, and Rose Scott. 



Absent My closest Australian friend, Dr. David, the geol- 



Q ^ Q f Sydney, 2 I did not see, as he had not yet 

 returned from a visit to England. But when I sailed 

 from Adelaide he was on an incoming steamer, the 

 Otranto, and we exchanged wireless greetings. David 

 had been a member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ex- 

 pedition to the South Pole, rich in geological and 



1 See Chapter xxxiv, page 219. 2 See Chapter xxxm, pages 199 and 207. 



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