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sich dies als notwendig erweisen wird, rufe ich Ihnen ein herz- 

 liches " Auf fröhliches Wiedersehen in Wien " zu. 



The President then called upon any of the members present 

 to speak if he felt disposed to address the company. 



Dr. G. HoRVATH (Budapest), speaking in French, in happy 

 terms proposed the health of Mrs. and Miss Poulton, whose 

 gracious hospitality so many members of the Congress had 

 enjoyed. 



Prof. A. Lameere (Brussels), speaking in French, said they 

 had passed together in Oxford some of the happiest days, and he 

 knew they would never be forgotten by any of them. They all 

 knew what a huge success the Congress had been, and he could 

 not thank the President and his assistants enough for all that 

 they had done. The}^ had heard numerous interesting and 

 exciting lectures both on economic and practical subjects, and 

 the number attending the lectures had again shown their great 

 popularity. With regard to the accommodation found in the 

 colleges, hotels, and everywhere, he could but add that they had 

 been most hospitably treated, and really he could not adequately 

 express how gratiñed they felt. He drank to the health of 

 the President and the others present, and to the future 

 Congresses. 



Dr. L. O. Howard (U.S.A.) said he found himself in the 

 position of the man who was fishing on one occasion on the banks 

 of the Thames, and, his foot slipping, fell in. The man who 

 pulled him out said, " How did you come to fall in ? " and the 

 man said, " I did not come to fall in ; I came to fish " (laughter). 

 Nevertheless he was glad to have the opportunity of telling them, 

 on behalf of the American contingent, how much they had 

 enjoyed meeting their friends there, how much they had enjoyed 

 the hospitality which had been extended to them, how much 

 they had enjoyed the old City of Oxford, and the privilege of 

 living in their colleges, and being in an atmosphere of the Middle 

 Ages, which was entirely non-existent in the United States. 

 They were too new in the States altogether — they realised that 

 fact — and when they came to Oxford they fairly revelled in 

 the old things. In the Congress of Entomology they were not 

 English, they were not Germans, French, Belgians, Austrians — 

 they were of the nation of Entomologists, a world-nation, and 

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