Closing of the Conference. Ill 



Dr Adolph Ernst, Venezuelan Commissioner to the World's 

 Columbian Exposition, delivered an address on " Venezuela," 

 and Ensign Roger Welles, -Junior, United States Navy, described 

 a trip up the Orinoco river. 



Dr Eniil Hassler, Paraguayan Comraissoner to the Exposition, 

 was present, but asked to be excused from attempting an ad- 

 dress in English. 



The Brazilian commissioners to the World's Columbian Ex- 

 position, Seiior Graciano A. cle Azambuja and Baron de Marajo, 

 while expressing their highest regards, also made their apologies 

 for not particij)ating more f^ll5^ 



At 1 p m the meeting adjourned until 3 p m. 



Afternoon Session, July 28, 1893. 



Present about 100 persons. President Hubbard first intro- 

 duced Captain John G. Bourke, United States Army, who read 

 a paper on the history of the old monastery of La Rabida, de- 

 scribing the changes in that part of Spain in which it i-s located. 



Paul B. du Chaillu then spoke of his travels among the 

 Norsemen and of the character of their ancestors, the Vikings. 



Captain Victor Maria Concas, commandant of the Spanish 

 caravels, related what is known of the histor}' of the caravels of 

 Columbus, and upheld the Spanish sovereigns and their court. 



Mr Frederick A. Ober read a paper entitled " In the Wake of 

 Columbus," reciting his searches for relics of Columbus and his 

 examinations of the places at which Columbus probabh^ landed. 



Honorable William E. Curtis, in a paper entitled " Recent Dis- 

 coveries in the Archives of the Vatican regarding early Norse Voy- 

 ages to America," described his successful search for records re- 

 garding the probable early Norse voyages to America, and stated 

 that there was evidence there showing a knowledge of land in 

 the direction of North America. 



Several of these papers are appended. 



The representative of the Rajah of Johore was not able to be 

 present, owing to an unexpected call to I^ondon. 



At 5 p m the Conference adjourned sine die. 



