C KING EDWARD VII. has passed 

 away, affectionately mourned by his loyal subjects 

 wherever flies the British flag, and regretted as 

 the great " Peacemaker " by other nations. 



CE, As a sportsman he necessarily possessed the 

 inclinations of a naturalist, and the great interest 

 he always maintained in our National Museum of 

 Natural History will not be forgotten. 



d. As Prince of Wales he became one of the 

 Trustees of the British Museum in 1881, a position 

 he continued to occupy till his accession to the 

 Throne. " The History of the Collections " 

 contained in that institution records various dona- 

 tions from the late King, the last of which was the 

 skeleton of 'Persimmon,' one of his triple winners 

 of the "Derby." 



CE, Zoologists can only echo the universal grief 

 for a great national loss. 



