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through the clear and emphatic productions of his own pet” As 
geologists, however, we must specially remember, that the fock- 
specimens then brought home by Franklin, and his associate, the . 
eminent naturalist, Richardson, first revealed to us the structure 
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of those distant and inaccessible regions. . 
n his return to England, however, Franklin felt so strongly 
the want of better geological knowledge on his own part and on 
that of his officers, that when appointed to the command of the 
next Arctic expedition, on which he sailed in 1825, he took his 
first Jessons in our science at the museum of our Society, accom- 
panied by his distinguished companions, Back and Richardson. 
At these morning meetings our much-respected former President, 
Dr. Fitton, was the instructor, assisted b r. T’. Webster, then 
our Secretary ; Sir Roderick Murchison, who has informed me of 
these circumstances, being then also one of the learners. — 
The intimacy thus commenced continued till Franklin’s last 
departure from the shores of Britain in 1845; for whether he was 
treading unknown tracts of North America, or commanding the 
ainbow frigate in the Mediterranean, or performing the duties of 
Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, our deceased member, having 
them also many specimens or descriptions which might, he 
thought, advance human knowledge. 
As Sir John Franklin united the warmest heart and kindest 
manners to a solid understanding, it naturally followed that his 
friends took an intense interest in promoting all those endeavors 
to rescue him and his followers from their last perilous voyage, 
and in encouraging every effort directed to that end, whether made 
by the government or by the magnanimous Lady of the missing 
chief. 'The successive Presidents of the Royal Geographical So- 
ciety, and particularly Sir R. Murchison, stimulated our rulers to 
make every possible research which might lead to the timely dis- 
covery of the absent voyagers. How some one of the earliest of 
these efforts might have succeeded, had it taken a southerly direc- 
tion from Barrow’s Straits, is indeed now established by the mel- 
ancholy announcement made by Dr. Rae ; for, although the party 
was supplied with provisions for three years only, we now know 
that a large remnant of the force had certainly sustained life for 
five years. 
The late Professor Jameson was the third son of Thomas 
Jameson, Esq., and was born at Leith on the 11th July, 1774. 
In his early years he showed a strong desire to become acquainted 
with natural objects, the study of which he evidently preferred to 
that of books and letters. His first attempts were made in stuff- 
