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The broad part of the lake opposite to Burlington, was not frozen 
over during the year, an occurrence which has been witnessed only 
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Henry fora copy of the following letter from the Hon. Abbot Lawrence, 
informing him of the decision of the Lords of the Treasury with regard 
to the continued support of the Toronto Observatory ; a subject which 
deeply interested the members of the American Association at its last 
ven.——Ebs. 
“ My Dear Sir,--I have the pleasure to inform you that - 
ceived a communication last evening from the Viscount Palmerston 
for the Observatory at Toronto. Ihad not however received the infor- 
“mation in an official form till now. 
We 
I am, dear sir, most faithfully, your obedient servant, 
Josrru Henry, Esq., Washington. Assott LawkENcE. 
3. African Geography ; (Proc. Geog. Soc., London, in Athenzeum, 
No. 1217.—Two communications on African geography preceded the 
papers of the evening. In the first, mention was made of the success- 
ful ascent of the cataract of the White Nile which had ee gto the 
mis- 
_ further progress of D’Arnaud. The expedition, consisting of 1 
sionaries, Dr. Knoblicher (Vicar), Don Angelo inco, and Don Eman- 
uel Pedemonte, started with seven vessels from Khartum, on Nov. 13, 
