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cipal of them, the study set, as an inalienable property, which, beíng' 

 the more complete and containing ali the notes and remarks of Dr. Wel- 

 witsch, represents in its essence the results of the exploration. 



3. That the distribntion of lhe other collections, however, may be 

 reallsed according to the disposilions of the will of Dr. Wehvilsch, this 

 being nevertheless considered as a voluntary gift on the part of the 

 Government, whlch by dolng so wishes to honor the memory of the Doc- 

 tor, and at the same time to gratlfy those spoken of by him. 



4. There will be accorded to the British Museum one of the best 

 collections, excepting of course the principal, the study set, and the Ma- 

 seum shall be able to profít by this during its stay in London, or when 

 it is removed to Lisbon, by the notes and observations annexed to. 



These terms also were not agreeable to our opponents, and there- 

 fore, giving iip ali useless efforts, we had only to ailow the case lo 

 be judicially brought to its conclasion. This London commission served 

 however to make us more aware of the nature and motives of the will, 

 and to enable us to prepare some means of defence of the Portuguese 

 interests, by making use to this end of the correspondence I always 

 maintained wilh Dr. Welwitsch in which we have the whole history of 

 lhe labours of this naturalist, and the genuine expression of his sen- 

 timents and desires as regards the appointment he held from the Por- 

 tuguese Government. 



Some of these letters were inserted in the pteadings and proofs of 

 the case, where they are to ba found under the letters L, M, N, 0. In 

 ali of them Dr. Welwitsch writes of his return to Lisbon, of deposit- 

 ing the collections in the Portuguese Museums, and of the publicalions 

 which shall constitute the Portuguese edilion of lhe Flora Angolensis. 

 Notwilhslanding ali the motives of his dissatisfaction, including the 

 suspension of his salary, to which he alludes in friendly confidence, 

 he thoughl himself not lhe less obliged lo deliver his collections in the 

 State of classificalion to which they had been brought; giving always a 

 clear testimony of lhe nature of his appointment, and of lhe legilimate 

 way of disposing of them ali. The same is to be seen from the letter 

 addressed to the Marquez de Sá da Bandeira, doe. K of the proofs. In 

 this letter Dr. Welwitsch writes really as a commissioned official to his 

 superior, giving an account of ali his labours in London, enumerating 

 ali the publicalions in which the results of the Angola expedition had 

 been inserted, and justifying himself as lo the asserlions made of his 

 not having avowed the origin of his mission, he cites ali the publicalions, 

 in which it is declared as having been ordered and paid by the Portu- 



