CAILLIE AND HIS TRAVELS. 477 
After attending to the reading of them with marks of the 
most lively satisfaction, the Society decided that, while the 
effect of the representations I am about to make to the 
government is in suspense, the sum of five hundred francs 
should be transmitted to you to relieve your immediate 
wants, and to assist you in your journey to Paris. 
We think. Sir, that it will conduce to your interest to 
make the best use of your time which your situation and 
health will permit, in committing to paper all your recol- 
lections while still fresh in your memory; and particularly 
that you should note, with exactness, the hours or the 
days of march, the bearings you followed, and whatever 
from its nature is liable to be forgotten, as the names of 
places and proper names in general. 
I offer you. Sir, all the service in my power ; dispose 
of my feeble interest; and, above all, take the repose 
which is so necessary to the re-establishment of your 
health after such long continued fatigue. 
I have the honour to be, &c. 
Signed Jom a r d . 
Extract of a Letter to the President of the Academy of 
Sciences, 
Paris, 18th October, 1828. 
Mr. President, 
I have the honour to communicate to the Academy 
of Sciences the contents of the letters which I yesterday 
