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thus records their return: "The Chevalier Schom- 

 BURGK and Mr. GOODALL, the talented artist, have, 

 after an absence of eight months, returned safely in 

 tolerable good health. They encountered great hard- 

 ships in their descent of the Corentyne, but the objects 

 of the expedition have been fully realised. There 

 remains nothing now to the completion of the whole 

 survey of Guiana, and to the accuracy of an extensive 

 Map, than that a geometrical base line be obtained from 

 the eastern to the western boundaries of the colony 

 along its northern front. The necessary instruments 

 for the purpose have been forwarded by the Admiralty, 

 and the estimate of the expense of this is supposed to 

 be on its way to England for the sanction of the Secre- 

 tary of State." 



In his account of the results of the whole of the expedi- 

 tions into the interior of this country, the sum total is 

 almost wonderful. From the various maps accompanying 

 the reports in the Geographical Journal, it may be best 

 seen how the blanks were gradually filled up by one 

 exploration after another, until the final Map left very 

 little to be discovered. The latitudes of 1 74 different 

 points were determined by 4,824 altitudes of heavenly 

 bodies, while other meteorological investigations were 

 carried on wherever circumstances permitted. Notwith- 

 standing serious losses his collections were enormous, 

 besides supplying private subscrioers, he contributed to the 

 British Museum, 2,500 specimens of plants, 100 of woods, 

 a number of seeds and fruits, a flower and leaf of Victoria 

 Regia, a collection of bird's skins, 100 specimens of 

 fishes, a geological collection, and an ethnological collec- 

 tion. To the Royal College of Surgeons were presented, 



