•236 WHITE— A Skeinh of the Life of Samuel White. 



ABOUT MEMBERS. 



Every member of the Association, in fact every one in 

 South Australia, and many outside its limits, were delighted to 

 hear of the honour conferred hy His Majesty The King on Mr. 

 Thos. Gill, C.M.G., I.S.O. There is no better friend to secure 

 than our honoured member. Not only has the Under Trea- 

 surer done a wonderful work for Science, but he has saved the 

 State many hundreds of thousands of pounds sterling through 

 his sound judgment. It is the sincere wish of all members of 

 the Association that Mr. Gill may live for many years to enjoy 

 the honours so richly deserved. 



In a letter dated July 14th, 1918, and addressed to the 

 President of the Association from Major R. W. Shufeldt, of the 

 United States Army, says : — "I chanced into the rooms of the 

 Bird Division of the Washington "National Museum to work up 

 some bird notes, when a very charming gentleman came in, in 

 his shirt sleeves, and evidently up to his eyelids in work. Dr. 

 Richmond introduced him to me as Mr. Edwin Ashby of South 

 Australia. You can easily imagine all that followed. He 

 gave me your kind note, and we chatted away for over an hour.'' 



A Sketch of the Life of Samuel White — 

 Ornithologist, Soldier, Sailor, and Explorer. • 



By His Son, S. A. White, O.M.B.O.U. 



XVIII. THE ORNITHOLOGIST AND SAILOR. 



In notes dated the 24th August my father writes: — 



"To-day the men have been off cutting firewood. I went 

 up to see Mr. Jardine and ascertained that one of his boats 

 was going to Thursday Island to meet a steamer on her way 

 to Sydney. This offered me an opportunity to write, so I 

 came off to the yacht to do so. Weather very squally and the 

 wind very strong at times. The 26th. Spent the morning 

 with Mr. Jardine. He has kindly undertaken to take care 

 of my craft if I wish to leave her for any time, and also to have 

 a sheet of copper put all round her to secure her from marine 

 insects. In the afternoon I set a couple of the men to clear out 

 the port store room in order to get out a cask of meat; I then 

 went on shore. Cockerell has gone off into the bush to sta.? 

 a dav or two. The weather has been moderatelv clear and 



