Notices and Proceedings of Scientific Societies. 139 



LONDON. 



Royal Geographical Society November 22, 1830 G. B. Greenough, 



Esq. in the chair. The Society were informed that the ancient map of the 

 world, mentioned in our last report, had been received from Hereford 

 Cathedral, and was deposited in the room of the Society. A letter from 

 Admiral Zhartmanns, the Danish hydrographer at Copenhagen, was next 

 read, giving an account of Captain Graah's expedition in search of the 

 reported colony on the east coast of Greenland. (Vide Geographical Col- 

 lections, p. 99, supra.) The various donations to the Society were then 

 enumerated, amongst which were the Transactions of the Asiatic Society, 

 presented by that body : also, a new edition of the latest charts published 

 by the East India Company, presented by them ; and an elaborate work on 

 the antiquities of Athens, by the publishers. An interesting paper on 

 Australia, compiled by Mr Barrow, and an account of its bt^anieal 

 productions, by Mr Robert Brown, were then read; and the meeting 

 adjourned. 



December 13. John Barrow, Esq. in the chair. Numerous donations 

 were presented to the Society's Library. A letter addressed to the Society 

 by Dr Holland, was read, in which he recommended that all objects worthy 

 of research for English travellers should be pointed out by the Society, in 

 order that their attention might be directed to information which was wanted, 

 and the time and labour saved, which had been too often thrown away in ; 

 doing again what had been done before ; that travellers might communicate 

 with the Society on this subject, before setting out on their travels. The 

 proposition of Dr Holland was perfectly acquiesced in by the Society ; and 

 a book had been opened in the Society's rooms, in which all persons, whether 

 members or not, were invited to insert the names of any parts of the world 

 which, in their opinion, afforded subjects for investigation. 



A communication was then read, from Captain Vidal to Mr Barrow, on 

 the subject of his search for Aitkin's Rock, which had been supposed to 

 exist near the N.W. coast of Ireland, but of which he was unable to find 

 any trace. 



The remainder of the evening was occupied in reading an account of a 

 journey to the Peak of Teneriffe, being the subject of a letter to J. Barrow, 

 Esq. from the late Captain Pearce, R. N. 



January 10 Mr Greenough, Vice-President, in the chair. The 



donations to the Society's library were announced, consisting principally of 

 maps ; — a map of ancient and modern Italy, by Finlay, shewing the tracks 

 of Hannibal; the Atlantic Ocean, by Mr Purdy, with the most recent dis- 

 coveries ; a map of Fredonia, or the United States, from Mr Laurie, and a 

 chart of the Straits of Gibraltar, by Reiner, shewing the direction and limits 

 of the currents ; Cassini's large map of France, in one hundred and seventy- 

 five sheets, with a continuation of the Netherlands by Ferrara, in twenty-;, 

 five sheets, from Sir T. Phillips. 



A paper, communicated by Captain W. H. Smyth, R.N. on the geogra- 

 phical position of the Columbretes, was read. The Secretary then read an 

 extract which he had made from the log-book of the ship Layton, communi- 

 cated by her master, Mr J. Hurst. Notices of these papers will be given 

 in our next Number. 



The following gentlemen were proposed for admission into the Society : 

 Edward Winterbottom, Esq., Captain Charles Chaplin, of Addiscombe, 

 William Westall, Esq., Captain Robert Melville Grindley, and Hunter 

 Gordon, Esq. 



