MEMOIR 



ROBERT H. SCHOMBURGK. 



In the biographical sketch which accompanies the 

 portrait given with the present Yolume of the Na- 

 turalist's Library,^' we have ventured to make a 

 slight deviation from the original plan of the Work, 

 by detailing some passages in the career of a living 

 traveller and naturalist. This has probably in many 

 instances been considered liable to objections, but 

 we have endeavoured to avoid all matters which 

 could intrude on the privacy of any member of an 

 honourable family, and have only recorded some 

 anecdotes of the early dispositions and pursuits of 

 an individual who, persevering through many diffi- 



* We are indebted to Mr. Brochedon for the use of an ori- 

 ginal sketch taken for his private portfoho, and cannot too 

 highly express our thanks to that gentleman for his civility in 

 complying with our request, and for his attention in superin- 

 tending the progress of the engraving. 



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