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OBITUAEY 
In his new capacity he carried out a difficult piece of zoological 
exploration through the Kalahari desert to Lake Ngami, 
and in October 1905 he was appointed leader of the important 
expedition organised by the Museum for the exploration of 
the Euwenzori range in equatorial Africa. His companions 
were Mr. E. E. Dent, a former brother officer in the Worcester 
Eegiment, the Hon. Gerald Legge, Mr. Douglas Carruthers, 
and Mr. A. F. E. Wollaston. The expedition reached a 
height of 16,794 ft., and Woosnam records that butterflies, 
moths, and dipt era were seen on the snow up to 16,000 ft., 
blown there by the almost constant wind. On the bare rocks 
above the snow-line a few worms, lichens, and mosses were 
seen. As a result of the undertaking the National Museum 
was enriched by a large number of species new to science, 
and a very valuable addition made to our knowledge of the 
fauna and flora of tropical Africa. In 1911 Woosnam was 
appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies game 
warden in British East Africa. He very quickly surmounted 
the difficulties of the position, and it speaks volumes for the 
fine nature of the man that though he carried out his duties 
in the strictest manner and confiscated with unsparing hand 
illegally obtained sporting trophies and other objects, there 
was no more popular official in the Protectorate. He was 
mainly instrumental in getting together the International 
Conference for the Protection of Wild Animals in Africa 
which met in London last year. It is no secret that he formu- 
lated stringent plans, which were virtually adopted, for the 
effective carrying out of the object of the conference. Now, 
alas ! all this is at an end, and with it has passed away a man 
of sterling character, of a lovable disposition, modest and 
unassuming almost to a fault, and an unflinching adherent to 
duty. 
