ELEANOR ORMEROD 



at last, as multitudes of inquiries reached her 

 from China, Japan, India, as well as from all 

 Europe, Canada, the United States, South Africa, 

 and Australasia, she was able to say, " My work 

 now literally girdles the earth." For some time 

 her letters averaged over 100 a day, and one 

 of her pamphlets was circulated by her to an extent 

 of over 40,000 copies. It is impossible to over- 

 estimate the value of her self-imposed and self- 

 denying labours, for her investigations into the 

 attacks of the warble-fly alone saved cattle- 

 owners immense sums of money. 



When the Bath and West Society accepted an 

 invitation to visit St. Albans, in 1896, Miss 

 Ormerod was residing there, and, with the sanction 

 of our Council, I asked her to provide, out of her 

 abundant stores, an exhibition illustrating the 

 special study of her life, and this she kindly con- 

 sented to do. Thus began an intimacy between 

 us which only ended with her death. She had 

 a personality of inexpressible charm, whilst her 

 conversation showed a versatility of knowledge 

 almost encyclopaedic. She was at her very best 

 in her own home, where she welcomed her visitors 

 with an old-world courtliness and grace which 

 was something quite out of the common in these 

 free-and-easy days. Her correspondence was on 

 similar lines, for she wrote, as she spoke, with a 

 distinction and refinement indicative of the highly- 

 cultured mind. One of the most beautiful letters 

 I ever received was in reply to one I wrote to her 

 upon the death of her sister, the partner of her life. 

 She was a deeply religious woman, and her letter, 

 while it breathed a spirit of infinite trustfulness 



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