DESPATCH FROM LORD PALMERSTON. 527 
Timbuctoo, I am directed by Viscount Palmerston to state 
to you that he will be perfectly satisfied to intrust to you the 
duty of carrying on to its final completion the expedition 
heretofore confided to the charge of Mr. Richardson. 
" You will therefore consider yourself hereby authorised to 
take upon yourself the future charge of the expedition, and 
to pursue that course which, upon full consideration, may 
appear to you best fitted to effect the general objects which 
Her Majesty's Government had in view when they set on 
foot the expedition into the interior of Africa. 
" Those objects you will find stated in the original instruc- 
tions furnished to Mr. Richardson, of which a copy is here- 
with inclosed for your use and guidance. 
" I am, Sir, 
" Your most obedient humble servant, 
" H. Waddington. 
" Dr. Barth." 
