Geographical Notices. 373 
Gold Medal to Dr. Kane.—The report of a commission of the 
Imperial Geographical Society of France, awarding to the fam- 
r. E. K. Kane, the Gold Medal of the Society for his Arc- 
tic discoveries, is published in the May number of their Journal. 
The course pursued by Dr. Kane is thoroughly reviewed in 
terms of strong commendation. The discovery of an open sea is 
printed with the memoirs, and presents a complete indication 
3 the present state of our knowledge in the lands north of the 
range and Limpopo rivers. 6 
Two new nate fourth and fifth of Dr. Barth’s researches 
in Northern Central Africa have appeared in London, but have 
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though only 28 years old, was well known for his observations 
Panvestiel saa valuable articles by him having appeared 
in Petermann’s Journal do 
Tang ee oe it will be remembered is penetrating to the 
Interior of Africa from the Eastern coast, has been heard from as 
- far inland as ten days march from Ugogo in about 6° 80'S. lat., 
