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having died of yellow fever, the stock of fish shipped for 
feeding them was condemned on account of its smell and 
ordered to be thrown overboard. ‘The consequence was 
the loss of three out of the four Sea-Lions—the survivor 
having been kept alive as far as Lisbon, where a fresh 
supply was obtained, mainly by the Flying-fishes (Hxoce?i), 
which fell on the deck at night and were purchased from 
the sailors who picked them up. 
Besides the Sea-Lion, Lecomte succeeded in bringing to 
the Gardens only the following animals :— 
1 Antarctic Wolf (Canis antarcticus). 
2 Forster’s Milvago (Milvago leucurus). 
1 Kelp Goose (Chloéphaga antarctica). 
2 Upland Geese (Chloéphaga mugellanica). 
1 Dominican Gull (Larus dominicanus). 
The cost incurred upon this expedition was considerable, 
having amounted in 1868 altogether to £507 8s. 11d. 
besides £50 devoted to the same object in 1867, and it 
cannot be said that the value of the animals obtained 
equalled the expenditure. Atthe same time the expedition 
cannot be said to have turned out altogether a failure, since 
a specimen of the much wished for Sea-Lion was success- 
fully brought home, and is still thriving in the Society’s 
Menagerie. It is also right to state that the Council have 
every reason to be satisfied with Lecomte’s conduct during 
this difficult and dangerous expedition, although the results 
obtained were not altogether so satisfactory as could have 
been wished. 
A second item of special expenditure was likewise incurred 
by the Council last year in connexion with the Abyssinian 
Expedition. It appearing that the government had made 
no arrangement to attach to the expedition any competent 
observer in the important branch of science to the promo- 
tion of which this Society is devoted, the Council were 
induced to address a memorial to the Secretary of State for 
India upon the subject. They were so far successful in 
their efforts as to induce the government to agree to pay 
the necessary expenses of a zoological collector, leaving the 
appointment in the hands of the Council. The Council 
had at first selected for this post an officer of the Indian 
Army, already well-known for his investigations into the 
Natural History of that country. This gentleman having 
been unfortunately incapacitated from joining the expe- 
dition by a serious attack of illness, the Council nominated 
