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by the knowledge that he was obliged to throw the responsi- 

 bility of a great deal of work on to others, and he could not 

 express too deeply his gratitude to those friends who had so 

 gnllantly undertaken the hard work of organisation, in regard 

 to which he was sure they would get all the blame for any- 

 thing that might go wrong, while he would enjoy the glory 

 (applause). 



Mr. H. Eltringham said he was quite overwhelmed with the 

 delightful way in which those present had expressed their approval 

 of anything he had been able to do towards the success of this 

 Congress. He would like to remind them that it was quite im- 

 possible for any one person to be responsible for every detail of 

 a great meeting such as that which they had had in Oxford that 

 week. He had had the greatest assistance from a large number 

 of friends. Quite unexpectedly he had to take a very much 

 more prominent part in this Congress than he had anticipated, 

 and no one regretted more than he did the very unfortunate 

 circumstances which prevented his good friend Dr. Burr from 

 being present with them the whole of the week. Quite apart 

 from his attractive personality, they had sadly missed those 

 wonderful linguistic capabilities for which he was so famous. He 

 would like to tender his thanks to Mr. Loesch, Dr. Burr's 

 assistant, who had helped in a great variety of ways; to his friend 

 and colleague, Mr. Grosvenor, who had worked quite as hard 

 as he (Mr. Eltringham) had, both before and during the Con- 

 gress; and as to Dr. Jordan, he thought he could best express 

 what he felt towards him by saying he had been nothing less than 

 his guardian angel (laughter and applause). He thanked them 

 very heartily indeed for their kindness to him during a long and 

 busy week, and though he had had a great deal to do, it had 

 not detracted from the great pleasure it had been to him to 

 renew many old acquaintances, and make many new ones, which 

 he was quite conñdent would prove equally lasting and delightful 

 (applause) . 



Dr. G. B. LoNGSTAFF, in proposing the toast of " The Ladies," 

 said he thought this was a matter which required that gallantry 

 that was associated with persons of more tender age than himself 

 (laughter) . There must be some reason for having chosen an old 

 fellow like him to propose the toast, and he conjectured it was 



