HalVs Pamper Read before the Royal Geographieal Soeietij, London. 18 



aiy 7, 1863. At the tenth meeting of the Koyal Geographical Society 

 for that year, held April 1.'*, a paper prepared by him to be lead on 

 the receipt of the relics was presented from Mr. 11. Grinnell, and read 

 by the Secretary of the society, Dr. Norton Shaw. This i)aper and 

 the discoveries reported in it elicited the commendations of Sir \l. 

 Mm-chison, President of the society, and of the Arctic explorers. Sir 

 George Back, Capt. Sherard Osborn, and Dr. Rae, and occasioned 

 the following letter from Mr. John Barrow : 



17 Hanover Terrace, 



Begenfs Park, April IGth, 18G3. 

 To C. F. Hall: 



Sir : I should sooner have answered your letter of 25tli of February, but 

 there has beeu a longer delay than 1 expected in the reading of your irdpav 

 owing to the Easter hoUdays. It was read on Monday evening at the Eoyal 

 Geographical Society in a very crowded meeting, many being unable to get 

 seats. 



In consequence of a weakness in my throat I was compelled to give up all 

 idea of reading it myself, as the room is ill adapted for hearing, being long and 

 narrow, and the speaker fronting his audience in the centre ; consequently at the 

 ends of the rooui it is not easy to command attention. However, our secretar\'. 

 Dr. Norton Shaw, read it right well. He took great pains, and 1 assure you you 

 might have heard a pin drop during the whole time. The paper was very a\ ell 

 received, but as it was rather long and another paper to come on, the discussion 

 was limited. 



Dr. Eae fully corroborated your statement of reliance to bo ])hicc(l on 

 Eskimo statements and traditions. 1 have sent you a report of tlic juoceediugs 

 given in the Times.* Of course, it is very abridged. Cornelius Grinnell was 

 present, and will doubtless write to you fully. 



* [Extract from a letter to Mr. Henry Grinnell.] 



* * * I send you the Times of the 15th instant, which gives a longer account Ihan 

 is usual for them to publish of the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society. I wish you had 

 been there to hear the eulogy pronounced upon you by Sir Roderick Murchison and Captain 

 Osborn, aud the manner in which it was received by the audience. 



The report in the Times gives but a faint idea of what was said. It was enough to make 

 any of your family feel proud. It seemed as if Osborn could not say too much of the obligation 



