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ing^on in 191 7 I think; and that was the last time I saw the dear, fine 

 man, as he died not long afterward. Once in London, in inviting me 

 to a dinner at his ckib, Shipley appended to his note of invitation the 

 following : 



You may not have noticed that the hookworm has been discovered in Cornwall. 

 The discovery suggests these lines — 



If Cornish saints worked miracles 

 The bishop of this diocese 

 Would quickly rid the Cornish mines 

 Of ankylostomiasis. 



I shall always remember my meetings with Raphael Blanchard, 

 who wrote the first French book on mosquitoes following Ross' 

 epochal discovery. Blanchard was a great worker and a very impres- 

 sive man. He was a great teacher. He was an orator and a most 

 delightful companion. In his big mosquito book he used many of my 

 illustrations, and I ain very proud that he did so. It would be diffi- 

 cult to exaggerate Blanchard's personal charm, and yet he had, if 

 not enemies, still scientific workers who apparently did not like him 

 and his work. I found that in Paris soine of the workers at the Insti- 

 tut Pasteur apparently did not approve of Blanchard. At all events, 

 they did not seem to be on speaking terms. There was indeed some- 

 thing of the spectacular about him. It was not his fault ; he was big, 

 handsome and eloquent, and full of energy, and I imagine that one 

 element in whatever antagonism existed might have been due to a 

 slight admixture of envy and jealousy, perhaps unappreciated by 

 those who were influenced by it. He was a great traveler (for a 

 Frenchman), and he was a linguist (that too is rare among French 

 scientific men). I remember meeting him once in Paris, and he invited 

 me to dine with him at a famous restaurant. He had recently learned 

 the English language, and, out of consideration for my indifl^erent 

 French, he had invited a fine Frenchman and his wife, both of whom 

 spoke English, to dine with us. During the dinner, Blanchard was 

 called to the telephone, and while he was gone his French friend said, 

 " Oh, Professeur Blanchard is a great voyageur ; he has been in 

 Russie, in Algerie, in Allemagne, and he speaks all the language, even 

 the language of the fitats-Unis, and he has visit your country ! "' At 

 this moment Blanchard returned from the telephone, and his friend 

 said, " Oh, Professeur Blanchard, tell us of your visite to the fitats- 

 Unis." To this Blanchard replied, " I will not, but I will tell you of 

 my retour to France. We are arrive at Havre; we descend from the 

 ship; we arrive at the quai. Behold, there was a railway train. I 

 regard. I say to myself, ' Can it be posseeble that that is a railway 

 train? No, it is not posseeble ; it is a toy for the children.' We enter 



