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writers say April, 1537. It need not surprise us, said Mr. McCly- 

 mont, if, in this first voyage across the Pacific from a South American 

 port, the distances and the latitudes are uncertain and irreconcilable. 

 There is one matter we may be thankful for, and that is, the attempt 

 to render the names of the islands visited in the vernacular of these 

 islands. This, Mr. McClymont said, was much more satisfactory than 

 dealing with European names of doubtful appropriateness, which give 

 no clue to the modern investigator. It was pointed out that these ver- 

 nacular names, with one single exception, were not written as we write 

 them now. The writer dealt with several of the Pacific Islands visited 

 by Alvarado. The paper, from a geographical point of view, was a 

 most interesting one, and threw much light on the work done in the 

 l5th and 16th centuries by the early navigators. 



DEATH OF SIR JOHN FEANKLIN. 



Mr* F. Lodge called attention to a reference in the Magazine of Art 

 to an Austrian painter having painted an imaginary scene of the death 

 of Sir John Franklin. He mentioned it in order that inquiry might 

 be made to know if it was possible to obtain prints of the picture. 



The Secretary said he would make inquiries. 



The proceedings then terminated with a vote of thanks to the readers 

 of the papera. 



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