98 EXPLORATIONS IN ECUADOR. = [Dec. 13, 1858. 



must avow that 'our debate has become rather more political than what we 

 have been accustomed to in this room. It has deviated somewhat from our 

 usual geographical discussions, yet not without profit to the community and 

 satisfaction to myself. So that whilst the Geographical Society should not 

 step beyond its own lines, we are at the same time happy to give fair play to 

 a discussion of the political bearings of questions which our science brings into 

 public notice. 



