SIR RODERICK IMPEY MURCHISON, 



G.C.S.ST., M.A., D.C.L., V.P.R.S., G.S., L.S., F.R.G.S., 



DIREOTOR-GENEKAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 



TRUST. BRIT. MU3., ETC., ETC., 



THE GREAT PROMOTER OF GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE, 



IN RECOGNITION OF HIS VALUABLE EXERTIONS IN ADVANCING THE SCIENTIFIC OBJECTS 



OF THE AUSTRIAN EXPEDITION, 



AS WELL AS 



IN GRATITUDE FOR THE HOSPITABLE RECEPTION SECURED TO THE NAVIGATORS 



THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH DEPENDENCIES, 



WHEREVER IT WAS THEIR GOOD FORTUNE TO CAST ANCHOR, 



THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE. 



