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sert of a traveller that he 'visited the lake re- 

 gions with a confirmed inclination to divide the 

 lake.' What interest can he have in bringing 

 home any but the fullest and most exact details ? 

 The petty differences between himself and the 

 Royal Geographical Society, which Mr Cooley 

 assumes all the world to know, were utterly un- 

 known to me when I left England in 1856 ; and, 

 greatly despising such things, I have never since 

 inquired into tbe subject. Returning home in 

 1859, I learned with surprise that the 6 Com- 

 parative Geographer ' still stood upon his e Single 

 Sea, 5 and considered any one who dared to make 

 two or three of it his personal enemy. That 

 such should be the mental state of a gentleman 

 who has not, they say, taken leave of his wits, 

 was a phenomenon which justified my wonder ; 

 nor could I believe it till the pages of the 

 Athenccum proceeded tp give me proof positive. 

 It is melancholy to see a laborious literary man, 

 whose name might stand so high, thus display 

 the caput mortuum of his intellect. 



P.S. Another mortuary notice ! My good 

 old friend Mr Macqueen has also passed away 

 at a ripe age, leaving behind him the memory of 

 a laborious and useful life, especially devoted to 

 the cause of Africa and the Africans. 



YOL. I. 



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