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settlement called Montt, near the island of Chiloe, on the western 
coast, whence he proceeded towards the large lake of Naguel-huapi 
(Lake of Tigers). Here they found a river flowing eastward, which 
they descended ; but at length their boat was capsized, and the party 
escaped, but only to fallinto the hands of a cacique ofa tribe of Pampas 
Indians, who wished to put Senor Cox to death, but was diverted from 
this by his playing on his flageolet. At last the cacique was induced 
to assist him as far as Rio Negro. The discovery was thus perfected, 
as well as that of a more northerly passage ; but the utility of the 
discovery is at present dubious, in consequence of the hostility of the 
Indians. 
This paper was followed by one on a railway over a northerly pass 
across the Andes, at a height of 16,500 feet, though a lower pass has 
been found a little southward ; but this latter is not so practicable for 
engineering purposes. 
Other papers read before the Society were, ‘A Narrative of an 
Exploring Expedition into the Interior of Western Australia,’ by 
Maxwell Lefroy, Esq.; ‘An Exploration of the River Moisie to the 
Edge of the Table-Land of the Labrador Peninsula,’ by Henry Yule 
Hind, M.A., Trinity College, Toronto; and one on ‘ The Frontier Pro- 
vince of Loreto, in North Peru,’ by Professor Don Antonio Raimondy, 
of Lima. 
The last proceedings of the Society that we have to record are the 
various ceremonials of the Anniversary Meeting. The report speaks 
of the pecuniary prosperity of the Society, notwithstanding very 
liberal grants to various travellers. The library and map room have 
received very considerable additions through the liberality of many 
donors. Premiums have been offered for instruments suitable for 
travellers, and a room has been set apart for the exhibition of such as 
are considered useful. The medals were this year presented—the 
founder's, to Baron von der Decken, for his remarkable journeys from 
the east coast of Africa to the mountains of Kilimandjoro, 20,065 feet 
above the sea level, and covered with perpetual snow—the patron’s, 
or Queen’s, to Captain Grant, the companion of Captain Speke, who 
last year was rewarded with the same recognition of his services whilst 
still at Gondokoro. 
The President, in recounting the geographical discoveries of the 
year, descanted at some length on the discovery of the lake Victoria 
Nyanza, and other lakes connected with it or lying in the same 
region, and stated that the council had determined to offer 1,000. 
towards an expedition up the White Nile, with a view of opening out 
the traffic with the interior, and extending the influence of the Pasha 
of Egypt in that direction, thus putting a stop to the horrors of the 
slave trade, which seems to infect all those who have commercial 
intercourse with the interior. Beyond this, the expedition is to 
explore the whole of this enormous lake (larger than Scotland accord- 
ing to Captain Speke), and gain all possible acquaintance with the 
physical geography of the neighbouring country. The President 
also gave a very elaborate account of the glacier system of the 
