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capacity, a member of the Royal Society in London. 

 Banks was unable to promote this idea, as not quite in 

 the scope of their operations. But a similar proposal 

 was made to the Society of Arts, which was certainly a 

 more appropriate plan ; and the Barbados Society was 

 duly elected a " Corresponding Member." 



All Mr. Steele's letters betoken a mind open to the 

 welfare of mankind and the improvement of its con- 

 ditions. 



