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and Dialects of Indian Tribes inhabiting Guiana," ibid., vol. xv., p. 46 ; 

 " On the Heavy Swell along some of the West Indian Islands, called the 

 Ground Sea or North Sea," ' Journal Eoyal Geog. Soc.', vol. v., p. 23 ; 

 " On the Currents and Tides of the Mona Passage," ' Nautical Maga- 

 zine,' 1850, p. 585 ; " On the Vegetable Products of Siam,'' 'Technolo- 

 gist,' vol., i., p. 355 ; " On Siamese Products," Hid:, vol. ii., p. 444 ; 

 " On the Tonk-hai, or Paper-tree of Siam {TropMs aspera),'" ibid., vol. 

 vi., p. 337. The ' Transactions of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science ' also contains many able papers from his pen. 

 Sir Robert was also a frequent contributor to the 'Athenaeum,' to the 

 ' Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' and other journals. His 

 published works comprise the following : — ' A Description of British 

 Guiana, Geographical and Statistical,' with map, 155 pp. Simpkin 

 and Marshall, 1840. ' Views in the Interior of British Guiana,' 

 folio, 52s. 6d. ; coloured, 84s. Ackermann, 1841. 'Journal of an 

 Expedition from Parima to the Upper Corentyne, and from thence 

 to Demerara, executed by Order of Her Majesty's Government,' 

 with maps. Reprinted from the 'Journal of the Royal Geographical 

 Society.' 1845. ' The History of Barbados, &c.' Royal 8vo., with 

 an accompanying map of the island. 722 pp. 31s. 6(7. Longman and 

 Co., 1848. ' Reisen en British Guiana, en de Jahren 1840-44.' 

 3 vols., imp. 8vo., 70s. Williams and Norgate, 1849. 



Sir Robert was a Ph.D., Knight of the Royal Prussian Order of 

 the Red Eagle, of the Royal Saxon Order of Merit, and of the French 

 Legion of Honour ; corresponding member of the Royal Geographical, 

 Zoological, and Ethnological Societies of London, of the Ethnological 

 Society of Paris, Member of the Imperial Academy, Leop. Carol. 

 Natural Cur., &c. 



In the close of 1845, Sir Robert, then acting as Chairman of the 

 Barbados General Railway Company, originated by the writer, to 

 establish a system of railways in the island of Barbados, was deputed 

 by the directors to proceed to that island to thoroughly examine and 

 report on its resources and requirements. During a lengthened sojourn 

 there, he made a thorough topographical survey of the island. Soon 

 after his return "to England, he was appointed British Consul at San 

 Domingo, and subsequently Consul-General in Siam. His official 

 reports to the Board of Trade on the indigenous resources and trade of 

 those countries were full of valuable scientific and commercial informa- 

 tion. Sir Robert, owing to advanced age, retired from official duties last 

 year, and passed the whole winter confined to his bed. His funeral at 

 Berlin was attended by a large concourse of scientific men. — Editor 

 Technologist. 



