484 SCIENCE PROGRESS 



The State paid very little money for current researches, and 

 none at all for encouraging investigations among private indi- 

 viduals. The result was that less and less investigation work was 

 being done by Britain ; and probably none at all would have 

 been done for the last century except for the munificence of 

 men like Sir Edwin. He was one of those rare persons of whom 

 it ma}' be said that he not only had ideas of his own, but loved 

 to encourage the fruition of those of others. 



Sir Edwin was born on February 2, 1837, an d died on 

 April 21, 1914. 



Ronald Ross. 



February 1, 191 5. 



List of References 



" Preliminary Experiments on the Effect of Cold on Various Diseases in Small 

 Animals." By Prof. Major Ronald Ross and Major C. L. Williams. Annals 

 of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, vol. iv. No. 2, July 19 10. 



" Enumerative Studies on T. brucei in Rats and Guinea-pigs, and a Comparison 

 with T. rhodesiense and T. gambiense." By John Gordon Thomson. Annals 

 of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, vol. v. No. 4, February 191 2. 



" Experiments on the Treatment of Animals infected with Trypanosomes by 

 means of Atoxyl, Vaccines, Cold, X-Rays, and Leucocytic Extract ; Enumera- 

 tive Methods employed." By Prof. Major R. Ross and J. G. Thomson. 

 Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, vol. iv. No. 4. March 191 1. 



" Some Experiments on Cold-Chamber Treatment." By John Gordon Thomson 

 and Prof. Ronald Ross. British Medical Journal, March 25, 191 1. 



Mr. Dffan-in-the-Mass 



" So," said Mr. Man-in-the-Mass, " I have at last banished 

 that fell magician, and am master in my own house. I will 

 therefore take his staff, ascend the mountain, and exult in the 

 prosperity of my island. Come with me, my dear friends, Field- 

 Marshal Militarius and Baron Politicus, and I will show you 

 something ; but first bring with you a large bottle of that stuff 

 which I like so much." So saying, he toiled with his friends 

 to the top of the mountain, where a wonderful spectacle met his 

 eyes. Beautiful ships rose and fell in the air, or clove the waters 

 of the surrounding sea, or even dived into its depths. Swift 

 creatures like great birds or dragonflies darted hither and 

 thither in the sunny air, and white-winged yachts sailed on the 

 waters. In the plain below there were numbers of beautiful 

 cities and villages, full of people who toiled and rejoiced, and 

 on the flanks of the mountain there were groups who discoursed 



