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I now have the pleasure to present you both with the Address and Tes- 

 timonial. 



Sir Leopold M'Clintock, on proceeding to acknowledge the compli- 

 ment, was warmly applauded. He said : — 



Mr. President and Fellow-Members of the Zoological and Botanical 

 Association, before commencing to read my reply, allow me to say, that 

 since I have been entitled to appear amongst you in academic costume, 

 I derive increased satisfaction from my connexion with your Association, 

 forming, as it does, an additional tie to our venerated University of 

 Dublin. I trust the honour you have conferred upon me may not be 

 altogether void of utility, since it will show my brother collectors that 

 no region is too barren but that it may reward them, and no amount of 

 scientific knowledge so small that it may not be turned to some practical 

 advantage. I hope and believe, that there are many of our members 

 now present who will bear in mind the proceedings of this day. If on 

 this subject any doubts exist, they will be dispelled, and if there is any 

 stimulant wanting, it is amply supplied by your acts of this day, which 

 plainly show that you are ever ready and ever anxious to confer both ho- 

 nour and reward. 



He then read the following formal reply : — 



Mr. President, and Fellow-Members of the Zoological and Botanical 

 Association, — The very complimentary address which you have pre- 

 sented to me is, indeed, peculiarly gratifying, inasmuch as it expresses 

 the kindly feelings and the favourable judgment of a scientific body in- 

 timately connected with the most ancient and revered institution in this 

 country, the University of Dublin. You have briefly but forcibly alluded 

 to some of the honours which have been paid to me since my return from 

 the Arctic regions — the first, and perhaps the most touching, being a 

 testimonial from the companions of my voyage in the Fox — and you 

 have traced the progress of similar demonstrations even to the Throne. 

 I may now add, with pardonable pride, that the same generous senti- 

 ment has found a response in America. Yet I am not the less truly and 

 deeply grateful to you for the honour you have bestowed upon me, for 

 the hearty congratulations upon my safe and successful return, which 

 you have so warmly expressed, and the interest and value you attach to 

 my scientific researches. As your associate, it was clearly my duty to 

 avail myself of every opportunity for the advancement of the kindred 



