802 



REPORT — 1884. 

 Table II. (continued). 



The stations of the Livingstone (Congo) Inland Mission (originated by the East 

 London Institute for Home and Foreign Missions) have been recently transferred to 

 the American Baptist Missionary Union. . . 



Positions from the mouth of the Congo as far as Stanley Pool are taken from the 

 new map by MM. Capello and Ivens (1883) published by the Portuguese Admiralty. 



The letters L., R. signify that the station is on the left or right bank of the 

 Congo 



The following Papers were read : — 



1. A Communication on Mr. Josepfy Thomson's recent Exploration in Easterit 

 Africa. By General Sir J. H. Lefroy, C.B., K.C.M.G., F.E.S. 



2. A Communication from Sir John Kirk on Mr. H. Johnstons Kilima-njarc 

 Expedition. By General Sir J. H. Lefeoy, C.B., K.C.M.0 1 ., F.E.S. 



The President read a letter from Sir J. Kirk, dated July 10, to the effect that 

 Mr. Johnston had arrived safely in Chagga, and had been favourably received by 

 King Mandalla, the absolute ruler of that district, who had not only undertaken to 

 supply Mr. Johnston's party with food free of expense, but also had assigned him a 

 suitable place on the mountain on which to build a house, and so carry on his work 

 of collecting specimens of natural history. • ■ 



3. The latest Researches in the Mceris Bast it. 

 By F. Cope "Whitehouse, M.A. 



At the York meeting a sketch map was shown on which all the Greek and 

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

 It was thus made evident that there was no discrepancy between the accounts of 

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

 The expectation was expressed that a careful survey of the region lying between the 

 Pyramids and Behnesa, within fifty miles of the Nile, would show the existence of 

 more than one connecting depression, and that two of these, at least, would prove 

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



