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XI. THE PRESENTATION OF A REPRODUCTION OF DIPLODOCUS CARNEGIEI TO THE TRUSTEES

OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

In January, 1905, a reproduction of the skeleton of Diplodocus carnegiei, which had been made at the Carnegie Museum, under the supervision of the late John B. Hatcher, Curator of Paleontology, and, after his death, under the supervision of Dr. W. J. Holland, Director of the Museum, was forwarded to the Director of the British Museum, (Natural History). In April the Director of the Carnegie Museum, accompanied by Mr. Arthur S. Coggeshall, the Chief Preparator in the Section of Paleontology, arrived at South Kensington and immediately undertook the work of setting up the reproduction upon the bases which had been prepared. Arrangements were made by the Trustees of the British Museum for a formal presentation, to take place on May 12. Invitations were extended to the leading men of science throughout the United Kingdom to be present. At one o'clock on May 12, a distinguished company assembled in the Gallery of Reptiles. The persons present were :

Mr. H. A. Allen, Major Austin Anderson, Mr. W. J. Anderson, Dr. Charles W. Andrews, Miss A. E. Anzolato, Mr. G. J. Arrow, Mr. E. E. Austen, Lord and Lady Avebury, Mr. E. G. Baker, Sir Robert S. Ball, F.R.S., Mr. Frank Bather, Dr. F. A. Bather, Mr. Max Beerbohm, Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Mr. F. J. Bell, H. M. Bernard, Esq., James Bertram, Esq., Mr. S. Bewsher, Col. C. T. Bingham, Sir Alex. R. Binnie, Miss C. Birley, Augustine Birrell, Esq., K.C., Mr. V. H. and Mrs. Blackman, the Rev. J. F. Blake, Mr. W. T. Blandford, F. R.S., Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., J. L. Bonhote, Esq., Mr. G. A. Boulenger, F. R.S., G. S. Boulger, Esq., T. W. Bridge, F.R.S., Mr. J. Britten, Mr. T. Brock, R.A., Mr. T. Craig Brown, Col. D. Bruce, F. R.S., Dr. Ernest A. T. W. Budge, the Rev. R. Ashington Bullen, Dr. A. G. Butler, Dr. W. T. Calman, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, J. R. Carter, Rt. Hon. Jos. Chamberlain, M.P., Mr. J. F. Cheetham, M.P., Sir William Church, Col. G. Earl Church, John Cleave, Esq., I.S.O., E. A. Clodd, Esq., Mr. A. S. Coggeshall, Sidney Colvin, Esq., Sir Martin Conway, T. A. Cook, Esq., C. T. Cornish, Mr. G. C. Crick, Sir William Crookes, F.R.S.,

Miss Margaret Crosfield, Charles Dawson, Esq., Mrs. Delbanco, W. L. Distant, Esq., Sir Robert K. Douglas, H. E. Dresser, Esq., Hamilton. H. Druce, Esq., F.L.S., Herbert Druce, Esq., F.L.S., the Earl of Ducie, Mr. Alfred East, R. A., R. H. Elmendorf, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Fagan, Prof. J. B. Farmer, F.R.S., Captain A. Mostyn Field, R.N., H. Haviland Field, Esq., Dr. J. S. Flatt, Mr. L. Fletcher, F.R.S., Sir Walter Foster, M. P., Sir Henry Fowler, G.C.S.I., M.P., Mr. C. G. Gahan, Dr. R. Garnett, C. B., Prof. E. J. Garwood, Sir Archibald Geikie, F. R.S., Mr. A. Gepp, Lieut. Col. H. H. GodwinAusten, Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F. R.S., Sir George F. and Lady Hampson, Miss Hanssen, Mr. J. W. Harmer, F. W. Harmer, Esq., Dr. and Mrs. E. Hartert, Mr. W. H. Helm, Mr. F. A. Heron, Prof. S. J. Hickson, D.Sc., F.R.S., Mr. W. H. R. Holl, John Hopkinson, Esq., E. Howarth, F. R.A.S., F.L.S., J. A. Howe, Esq., Dr. W. E. Hoyle, W. H. Huddleston, Esq., F.R.S., Rev. H. N. Hutchinson and Mrs. Hutchinson, Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., J. F. Isaac, B. Daydon Jackson, Esq., Sir Richard Jebb, M.P., and Lady Jebb, Sir Harry H. Johnston, Prof. J. W. Judd, C. B., F. R.S., Dr. J. Scott Keltie, Hon. Wilson King, Mrs. King, W. F. Kirby, F.L.S., Sir John Kirk, K. C.B., Mr. R. Kirkpatrick, Dr. F. L. Kitchin, H. R. Knipe, Esq., W. D. Lang, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, F.R.S., and Miss Lankester, Dr. J. Larmor, F.R.S., Arthur Lawrence, Esq., Alfred N. Leeds, Esq., and Mrs. Leeds, Thomas Leighton, Esq., Lord Lovat, C.B., C.V.O., D.S.O., the Countess of Lovelace, the Misses Lubbock, R. Lydekker, F. R.S., Miss McGillivray, Sir George Mackenzie, K.C.M.G., C.B., Dr. C. J. Forsyth Major, Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, Esq., Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S., Dr. H. R. Mill and Mrs. Mill, Lady Mary Milbanke, Mr. John G. Millais, Miss Milne-Home, Dr. and Mrs. P. Chalmers Mitchell, Bishop Mitchinson, D.C.L., Sir Alfred Moloney, K.C.B., and Lady Moloney, Miss Gladys Moloney, Dr. Frederic Moore, Rt. Hon. John Morley, Mrs. A. R. Moro, Mr. George Murray, F.R.S., Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, Mr. Bedford McNeill, E. T. Newton, Esq., F.R.S., Mr. R. Bullen Newton, Dr. E. A. Nilson, Baron Nopsca, Miss Oakley, Mr. F. Grant Ogilvie, Dr. F. and Mrs. Penrose, Mr. George Henry Perkins, Mrs. Paul L. F. Perkins, Mr. H. Plowman, R. I. Pocock, Esq., and Mrs. Pocock, Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., and Mrs. Poulton, Sir Richard Douglas Powell, Bart., K.C.V., A. Pringle, Esq., Mr. G. T. Prior, W. P. Pycraft, Esq.,

Mr. E. T. Reed, Mr. C. T. Regan, Dr. A. B. Rendle, Sir Arthur W. Rücker, F.R.S., F. W. Rudler, Esq., I.S.O., Mr. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Dr. R. F. Scharff, W. Schaus, Esq., Dr. P. L. Sclater, Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S., Mr. F. C. Selous, Dr. David Sharp, F.R.S., Miss Emily Bowdler Sharpe, Dr. and Mrs. R. Bowdler Sharpe, Prof. Dr. W. Napier Shaw, F.R.S., Lady Sinclair, E. A. Smith, I.S.O., Mr. G. T. Herbert Smith, Sir Thomas Smith, Bart., K. C.V.O., Mr. L. J. Spencer, the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, F.R.S., W. P. D. Stebbing, Esq., Prof. C. Stewart, F.R.S., Major General Stirling, Sir Benjamin Stone, M.P., A. Strahan, Esq., F. R.S., Col. C. Swinhoe, Mr. J. T. Taylor, I.S.O., F. V. Theobald, Esq., Mr. Oldfield Thomas, Prof. D'Arcy W. Thompson, C.B., Sir E. Maunde Thompson, K. C. B., H. Yates Thompson, Esq., and Mrs. Thompson, Prof. W. A. Tilden, V.P. R.S., Sir George Trevelyan, Bart., LL.D., D.C.L., C. W. Wadsworth, Rowland Ward. Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, E. A. Waterbury, Esq., Mr. Wilfred Mark Webb, Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S., Mr. H. S. Wellcome, Admiral Sir W. J. L. Wharton, K. C.B., F.R.S., Miss Whitfield, A. F. Wiener, Esq., Dr. E. A. Wilson, Captain D. Wilson Barker, Rt. Hon. Lord Windsor, the Rev. H. H. Winwood, Miss Alice Woodward, Dr. Arthur Smith Woodward, F. R.S., and Mrs. Woodward, Mr. B. B. Woodward, Miss Gertrude Woodward, Dr. Henry Woodward, F. R.S., and Mrs. Woodward, Mr. R. C. Wroughton.

The ceremony was introduced by Professor E. Ray Lankester, the Director, who said,

"My Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen:

"Through the kindness of Mr. Andrew Carnegie we are about to receive to-day as his gift to this Museum a restoration of the skeleton of the colossal reptile Diplodocus. When the question of finding a place for this interesting specimen arose we resolved that instead of attempting to put it into the Hall of Paleontology, which is already greatly crowded, we would place it in the Gallery of Reptiles.

"In conversation with Mr. Carnegie on one occasion he pointed out to me that all the great progress that has been made in the American Republic has been founded upon ideas, which have germinated, and inventions, which have been really conceived, in England. The American form of government is an unfolding of British thought; the great mechanical triumphs of American manufacturers have been

based upon inventions made in England, which they have perfected; and I may even say that the Diplodocus is an improved and enlarged American form of an English creature, for we have recently discovered in the Oxford clays a specimen of a huge dinosaur not quite as large as the Diplodocus, but in a measure a rival. (Laughter.) You will find the remains of this creature in the Hall of Paleontology.

"I take pleasure in prefacing the occasion by reading a letter addressed to Dr. Holland, Mr, Carnegie's representative, by command of His Majesty the King:

"Sir:

"BUCKINGHAM PALACE,

26 April, 1905.

"I have had the honour of submitting to the King your letter respecting the Skeleton of the Reptile which Mr. Carnegie has sent to London for the Natural History Museum.

"I am commanded by the King in reply to request you to thank Mr. Carnegie for his kind compliance with the wish which he expressed regarding the disposal of the specimen, and to say that His Majesty would be much obliged to you if you would have the goodness to cause it to be handed over to the Trustees of the British Museum.

"I am, Sir,

"Your obedient Servant,
666
''KNOLLYS.'

Mr. Lankester then said: "I now have the pleasure of introducing Mr. Andrew Carnegie."

Mr. Carnegie said:

(Applause.)

"My Lords and Gentlemen, Trustees of the British Museum :

"You will have seen from the published accounts how it comes about that this gigantic monster makes his appearance and takes up his abode among you. You owe this to one of your former Trustees, who, although no longer of your Board, I am sure retains his interest in your work unimpaired. I refer to His Majesty, who, even in his recreations, seems to keep his eyes and mind ever open for opportunities to advance the interests of his country in every department of national life, from the peace of nations to the acquisitions of your Museum. His Majesty when at Skibo expressed the hope that the Diplodocus before us might some day be seen here. It is a source of much gratification that we across the Atlantic, who owe so much to

your Museum, should be enabled thus to evince our gratitude by adding another to its innumerable attractions. It is doubly pleasing that this should come from the youngest of our Museums on the other side to yours, the parent institution of all, for certainly all those in America may be justly considered in one sense your offspring; we have followed you, inspired by your example. To our Director, Dr. Holland, we owe the discovery of the Diplodocus. He it was who suggested the annual summer holiday to our staff, which really is the hardest work of the year. He it was who conducted the first party to the Far West and organized victory. Success follows him wherever he goes. He suggested that this cast be made, and, as you well know, such was his intense interest in the task that he came over here and gave personal attention to it. He tells me that the cases which contained this duplicate and which were to be returned to Pittsburgh are not going home empty; on the contrary, some are to be filled with things valuable to our Museum of which the Trustees have duplicates. An alliance for peace seems to have been affected, - —we are to exchange duplicates, and Shakespeare's words are fulfilled, when Distribution shall undo excess' and both still have enough. We are to enrich each other without in the least depleting ourselves, as one lamp lights another nor grows less.' This is an alliance indeed which 'blesses him that gives and him that takes.' No dangers dark and unknown lurk in this holy alliance.

"Thus you, Trustees of the old museum, and we, Trustees of the new, are jointly weaving a new tie, another link binding in closer embrace the mother and the child lands, which never should have been estranged, and which, as I see with the eye of faith which knows no doubt, are some day some day — again to be reunited. (Ap

plause.)

"Gentlemen, Trustees of the British Museum, I now perform one of the most pleasing acts of my life in asking your acceptance of this gift, for which, as I have before explained, you are indebted to His Majesty's abiding interest in your Institution." (Applause.)

Lord Avebury on belief of the Trustees responded. He said:

"My colleagues have done me the honor of requesting me to accept on behalf of the Trustees and to thank Mr. Carnegie in their name for the interesting reproduction of the gigantic Diplodocus, which, at the wise suggestion of His Majesty, who takes so lively an interest in the Museum, he has been good enough to present to us.

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