m 



^ m 



802 



iii;roKT — 1884. 

 Taiilk II. {cimtinued). 



The stations (if flic Livinpstonn (Con^ro) Inland Mission ((iri>;inaled iiy tlie KaM 

 TiOndon Institute fur llonif and Forcit;!! Missions) have been recently iraiisf(;rre(l t. 

 the Ajiierlcaii liaptist Missionary Union. 



Positions from flic iiKiuth of tlu; ('(lUfio as far as Stanley I'ndl are taken fnun tl;i" 

 ncwnia)) by ^IM. C'apclld and Jvens (ISs;;) published by the I'nrt n;j:iiese .Xdiiiiralty, 



The letters L., 1!. si-r.i'.'y that tiie station is on tlie lol't or fvAw Imnk of the 

 Congo 



The following Papr rs were read : — • 



1. A Commiinicntion on Mr. Joi^fph T/iornsmo's recnit L\ipJnrativn in Bastii'i. 



Africa. Jiy General Sir J. IT. Limuoy, CJl, K.C.MXl.. F.h\!<. 



2. A Contraunication fru.ib Sir JolinK'irh on. Mr. J[. JuJni.'^fnii's Kiliina-iijiiix- 



Expedition. TJj Geiiei-iil Sir J. li. Lefkoy, C.L., K.C.M.d., F.II.S. 



The Pre.«ident read a letter from Sir .T. Kirlc, dated July 10, to the ellVct that 

 Mr. Johnston had arrived safely in (,'liagga, and had been I'avnnrably received li\ 

 King iMandalla, the ahsohite ruler of that district, who had not (inly undertitkru to 

 supply Mr. Johnston's party witli i'ood free ofexpen.se, hut also had as.«igiied liiiu ;i 

 suitable place on the mountain on whicli to buihl a house, and so cany on li's work 

 of collecting specimens of natural history. 



3. The latest Researches in the Mceris Basin, 

 By F. CoPK Wif iteiiou.se, M.A. 



At the York meeting a slcetcli map was shown on which all the Oreelv ami 

 Latin allusions to Lake Mceris had been placed in their apparent true relatinns. 

 It was tiuis made evident that there wa.s no diserepiinov between tlie accounts ol 

 the ancient historians, and that the centre of tlie lake had been near Qasr Qeruii. 

 Tlie expectation was expres.sed that a careful survey of the region lying between the 

 Pyramids and Beliue.sa, within lifty miles of theNi!(\ would .show the existence of 

 more tlian one ronnecting depression, and that two of these, at least, would prove 

 to be about 200 feet below the level of the Mediterranean. 





