850 ; REPORT—1896. 
Wadi Doga, by which he entered the hills in 1895. He then proceeded to the 
districts of Ghirrah and Mamurah, south of Ferjana, through which runs a great 
wadi, the Tergilat. This reaches the sea at Kam, twelve miles south-east of the 
ruins of Leptis Magna, and is undoubtedly the Cinyps of Herodotus. On reaching 
the coast a week was spent at the ruins of Leptis and the Kam district, and the 
return journey was made to Tripoli by sea. 
2. The Land of the Hausa. By Rev. J. C. Ropryson. 
3. Photographic Surveying. By JoHN Couzs, 
This paper contains a concise history of the application of perspective drawings 
and photographs to surveying. It then states the manner in which photographs 
taken with an ordinary camera may be utilised in filling in the details of a map, 
and proceeds to describe two surveying cameras of recent date, constructed on 
different principles. The paper concludes with a reference to the method of 
photographic surveying, which is being extensively employed by the department of 
the Surveyor-General of the Dominion of Canada. 
4. Marine Research in the North Atlantic. By H. N. Dickson, /.R.S.L. 
5. On a Proposed Geographical Description of the British Islands. 
By Hucu Roserr Mitt, D.Sc, /RSL. 
The scheme submitted ig that of providing for each sheet of the 1-inch Ordnance 
Survey map a memoir giving a succinct account of the geography of the district 
represented. For this purpose it would be necessary to give an index of the names 
on the map, certain measurements of natural features, e.g., mean height of land, 
length of rivers, &c., a full discussion of the physical geography in the light of 
modern geographical methods, and an indication of the influence exerted by 
geographical conditions on the utilisation of natural resources, the sites of towns, 
and the movements of population. The scheme has been published in full in the 
‘Geographical Journal’ for April 1896 ; but since, if it is ever to be carried out, it 
will require the co-operation of an immense number of workers throughout the 
country, it is desirable that no opportunity be lost for making it known and 
eliciting criticisms or suggestions. 
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 
The following Papers were read :— 
l. The Weston Tapestry Maps. 
By Rey. W. K. R. Beprorp, JA. 
William Sheldon, of Weston and Beoley (died 1570), was an enterprising man, 
who conceived the idea of introducing the art of tapestry weaving into England. 
He sent to Flanders one Richard Hicks, of Barcheston, to learn the work and bring 
back artisans. Among other results of the looms which were kept in work for at 
least half a century after Sheldon’s death are five maps of the Midland counties 
which were bought by Horace Walpole after the mansion at Weston was pulled 
down in 1776 for the sum of thirty guineas, and given by him to Earl Harcourt, 
who presented two to the Bodleian and kept three at Nuneham, where they 
