Besides these and other Works undertaken for our Society 

 the Council has much pleasure in announcing that Mr. 

 Theodore Bent has in hand two 17th century MSS. illustrat- 

 ing the early intercourse of the English with the Levant. 

 These are the journals of Master Dallam, who visited 

 Constantinople in the early part of that century for purposes 

 connected with his trade of an organ builder, and Dr. Covel 

 for six years chaplain to the Levant Company. Dr. CoveFs 

 journals, which are very voluminous, will have to be con- 

 siderably abridged so as to bring the whole Work into the 

 compass of one volume. Meanwhile, Mr, Bent's expedition 

 to the ruined cities of Mashonaland will prevent him going 

 on with the editing just at present. 



In connection with Ealeigh, the Council has also decided 

 on publishing the Voyages of Keymis and Bereie ; Keymis 

 was an intimate friend of Raleigh, and it was the failure of 

 the last voyage to Guiana and his master's troubles that led 

 the former to commit suicide. 



The Voyages of Sir Hugh Willodghby and Richard 

 Chancellor to Russia, from Hakluyt's Collection, will, a 

 little later, form a suitable volume for our series, and the 

 Hon. Secretary proposes to edit these. 



By the deaths of Sir Richard Burton in October this year, 

 while holding the post of H. M. Consul at Trieste, and of 

 Sir John Henry Lefroy, two more active members are 

 removed from our list. Burton edited for us " Hans Stade's 

 Captivity in Brazil," and Lefroy — the " Historye of the 

 Bermudaes or Summer Islands." 



The accounts of the Society show a balance on the 31st 

 December, 1890, of £216 9s. Id., after paying a heavy bill 

 for printing, etc. As this includes more than half the cost 

 ot Leguat's Voyage for issue in 1891, it is hoped that next 

 year's account will be much less. 



