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a fall from a rickshaw produced an abscess, from which he entirely 

 recovered. During four years in Oxford his leg seemed to give him 

 no trouble except for attacks of sciatica, to which he never gave in 

 and, in spite of his lameness, he used to find great enjoyment in 

 playing golf. An accidental slip led to the recrudescence of the old 

 disease, and to the terrible suffering of his last illness. 



Of all the memoirs which he wrote, Shelford was, I think, most 

 interested in that " On Mimicry amongst the Blattida " :;: — a subject 

 upon which he had reflected and had been accumulating material 

 for some years. It is a pathetic circumstance that the publication of 

 the paper was nearly coincident with its author's death. I shall 

 ever retain grateful memories of pleasant years spent in hard work 

 and constant friendly intercourse, while his efficient control of the 

 Museum and bright, attractive, many-sided personality will be long 

 remembered in Sarawak. 



Edward B. Poulton. 

 Hope Department, Oxford University Museum. 



* Proc. Zoc. Soc. Lond. 1912, p. 358. 



