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tions, given in the order of their occurrence is reported 

 in our Journal ; and in the work which you have since 

 published, and in which you develope for the first time 

 the great and unexpected resources of British Guiana, 

 you have rendered an important service to those of our 

 countrymen who hold property in that colony. The map 

 which you have constructed, and which the Society is 

 about to publish, bears ample testimony of your ability 

 as a physical geographer. The able and affecting appeal 

 which you have made in behalf of large tribes of our 

 fellow-men and fellow-subje6ts. with whose merits and 

 sufferings we were previously unacquainted, has not 

 been made in vain; and you are now about to return to 

 the land of your former wanderings under the sanction of 

 the government, not only to enlarge the boundaries of 

 science, but to secure the interests of this country and 

 vindicate the rights of humanity. We are well aware of 

 the labours you underwent in your former journeyings, 

 the privations you suffered, the perils you encountered ; 

 and in admiring that patient endurance, that undaunted 

 spirit, that determined perseverance of which we find in 

 your late expedition such abundant proofs, we feel 

 justified in entertaining the confident as well as earnest 

 hope that, after the successful accomplishment of your 

 new mission, you will return among us crowned with 

 additional honours and possessing still higher claims on 

 our gratitude and respect.'' 



Mr. SCHOMDURGK, in reply, said :— 



" Sir, — The distinction which che Royal Geographical 

 Society enjoys among the scientific bodies in Europe, and 

 the lead which it has hitherto taken in the advancement 

 of geography, must render so honourable a testimonial 



