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ago, the town was beautifully decorated with the flags of all 

 nations ; flags of most of the European countries, of North 

 America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia. It was the 

 Olympic Games that had collected athletes from all the corners 

 of the world to compete for the difterent prizes. 



This Congress also is a sort of Olympia, with representatives 

 from places wide apart, w^ho have assembled not for corporeal 

 competitions, but to gain scientific victories. It seems to me 

 that the expression used by our Crown Prince when inaugurating 

 the Olympiad may also be applied to this Congress with its many 

 different paths of exploration and their representatives, namely, 

 that " the best fitted shall win." This expression applied to 

 the present conditions would mean that the outcome of all our 

 discussions, and the ideas propounded which solve the diflerent 

 problems best, will be a victory gained by science. 



In the name of the Swedish Government and the Royal 

 Swedish Academy of Sciences, which I have the honour to repre- 

 sent, I beg to tender my best wishes to the Congress, at the same 

 time expressing my admiration for the manner in which Prof. 

 PouLTON as President has conducted the proceedings of this 

 Congress. 



Herr Junk (Berlin) said, perhaps those present knew the 

 story of the German medical student who was entering for his 

 first examination, which they in Germany called the " Physikum." 

 The Professor asked him, " How many legs has the insect ? " and 

 thereupon the student promptly answered, " An insect has two 

 legs, sometimes three legs, maybe four legs, in very rare cases 

 it has five legs, but never six " (laughter). " Where on earth 

 have you studied insects ? " asked the Professor, and the student 

 answered, " In your collection " (laughter). Well, the collections 

 which he had seen in the University Museum at Oxford, he must 

 confess, were not like that German Professor's collection. The 

 insects had all six legs, except, perhaps, some monstrosities. 

 But not only were the collections so magnificent and beautiful, 

 l)ut everything else which was to be seen was so exceedingly 

 interesting, that really he felt as though he wanted to be an insect 

 himself, so that he might have six legs wdth which to get about. 

 But quite apart from the scientific treasures which they had 

 been shown, the social gatherings, and especially that on W'ednes- 



