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he came down some 10 years ago to proceed to join Burton’s expedi- 
tion to the Somali country ; though never a member of this Society» 
he had contributed to the museum a fine collection of zoological speci- 
mens made by him under great difficulties in the course of that expedi- 
tion, and he was a frequent correspondent of the Society’s Curator, 
Mr. Blyth. In later years his efforts in aid of African exploration had 
been made known through European journals, and they obtained for 
him in 1861 the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society. 
His first experiences as a traveller were gained in sporting tours in 
the Western Himalaya, where, as the Society were aware, there was 
at present another equally enterprising man, long known ag a sports- 
man on and beyond the passes into Thibet, who was only waiting for 
a mission such as the London Geographical Society entrusted to 
Captains Speke and Grant, to emulate those officers in their exertions 
and to achieve, it might be hoped, the same brilliant success. He 
trusted that now that there was no longer room for doubt as to the 
sources of the White Nile, we might be able to draw more attention 
to the doubts that still hang over the sources of the Berhampootur, 
the solution of which Captain Smyth, with a trusty few, was ready 
and eager to attempt. 
Feeling confident that amid the applause which awaited the 
travellers in England, a greeting from their old friends in India and 
from this Society, would be most acceptable to them, he would move 
a resolution in the following form for the adoption of the meeting : 
That this meeting desire to record the high gratification with 
which they have heard of the successful issue of Captains Speke and 
Grant’s expedition in Hastern Africa, and to offer to those officers 
their warm congratulations on the great discoveries which have 
resulted from it. 
The Resolution was unanimously adopted. 
Captain Lees then brought forward a motion for amending Rule 77 
of the Bye-Laws, the notice of which was given at the May meeting. 
He stated in a few words his reasons for proposing an alteration in 
the rule. His object was to prevent the recurrence of discussions 
regarding the present mode of conducting the Society’s journal, which 
had lately occupied, he thought, too much of their time at more than 
one of their meetings. He wished to see the Rule amended as follows : 
The Council shall elect from their own body Sub-committees or 
