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traveler, or rather its name was recognized, because T think ^Ir. (jrogan saw the 

 mountain under another name. 



The President. We have also a very illustrious French traveler present. I am 

 afraid he is not very conversant with our language, but if Captain Binger, who has 

 done so much important work on the Niger, cares to address us in French, we shall 

 be glad to welcome him here this evening. 



We mui^t all have listened to Mr. Grogan's paper with great interest. lie has 

 made a most remarkable journey. He is the first to go over tiiat enormously long 

 line of country, which is eventually to carry a railroad, but I am afraid, from the dilli- 

 culties he has descril)ed, that it will be a long time iience. In the meanwhile INIr. 

 Grogan has made a most remarkable journej*. Much of his work is of great interest 

 and new to us, including that swamp he visited on the Chambezi,and the extremely 

 interesting description he has given us of that previously unknown, or almost 

 unknown, volcanic region to the south of the Albert PMward Lake. He deserves the 

 greatest credit for the observations he has made and the care he has taken in making 

 notes of all he has seen of interest to geographers. So young a man— for he is only 

 25 years of age — may look forward to a long career as a geographical c.xidorer. I am 

 sure you will wish me to express to him your thanks for his])ai)er and the interesting 

 photogra]>hs; also, to express a hope that it will not be a very long time hence l)efore 

 he comes to us with another paper, if jKjssible of still greater interest and importance. 

 It will l)e a very great mistake indeed for us to suppose that there is nothing left to 

 discover. There are vast regions in all (juarters of the glol)e, besides the arctic and 

 antarctic regions, which are entirely unknown, and I look forward to such young men 

 as Mr. Grogan t<j vie with the geographers of other countries in exploring unknown 

 regions. 



I have great pleasure in conveying to Mr. Grogan the thanks of the meeting for his 

 most interesting paper. 



