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M We would also express our admiration for the way in 

 which he has at all times furthered the best interests of the 

 Club by his untiring devotion, and we feel that the high 

 status it has attained is largely due to his unfailing 

 support." 



The piece of plate, intended as a centre-piece for a dining- 

 table, was in the form of a silver Ibis standing on a silver 

 globe and mounted on an ebony stand bearing a tablet and 

 inscription. The Ibis was a copy of the familiar drawing 

 which ornaments the cover of the ' Ibis/ the well-known 

 Journal of the British Ornithologists' Union, with which 

 Dr. Sclater had always been so closely connected as Editor. 

 The globe had the land-areas of frosted silver and the seas 

 of polished silver. This unique design, about fifteen inches 

 in height, together with the testimonial, were handed to 

 Mr. W. L. Sclater, who in a few well-chosen words thanked 

 the Members very sincerely for the beautiful gifts which 

 he had received on behalf of his father. He deplored 

 his father's absence, and explained that Dr. Sclater had 

 recently met with a carriage-accident and was still confined 

 to his bed. He felt sure, however, that if anything could 

 accelerate his recovery it would be the kind thoughts of 

 the Members of the Club in which he had always been so 

 deeply interested. 



Mr. Rothschild said it was also his privilege on that 

 memorable night to extend the warm welcome of the Club 

 to Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston and Mr. C. Boden Kloss, who 

 had just returned from their most successful ascent of 

 Carstensz Peak, in the Snow Range of New Guinea. It was 

 a great pleasure to see them back safe and sound, and 

 apparently none the worse, after all the hardships they had 

 endured. As they were there to tell their own story, it only 

 remained for him to present to Mr. Wollaston the Silver 

 Medal of the B.O.U., which had been awarded to him after 

 the previous attempt to reach the Snow Mountains by way 

 of the Mimika River. 



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