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experience, but it is bound to come if we work in the future as in the 

 past, and that all the more rapidly and successfully in proportion to 

 the increasing number of workers. The Royal Geographical Society 

 has itself extended, not only in numbers, but in varied activities, dur- 

 ing these years. Its staff has been quadrupled, to keep pace with its 

 Avork ; the scientific side of the subject receives more and more atten- 

 tion. The efforts of the parent society are effectually supported by 

 those younger societies which have grown up in various great cen- 

 ters. It is often stated that the work of geographical societies is 

 nearly completed ; that they will soon have had their day and cease to 

 be, for the world is being rapidly explored and mapped. There is 

 plenty of work still to do in exploration and mapping, and when that 

 is complete the real work of geography and geographical societies 

 will only begin. The explorer and map maker only lay down the 

 foundations of the subject; it will remain for generations of geogra- 

 phers to rear thereon a stately structure fitly representing " the king- 

 doms of this world, and the glory of them." 



