482 CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING 
that it is a Frenchman, who has first attained the glory 
of success. 
We are &c. 
Signed Baron Cuvier, President of the Society ; 
Viscount Simeon, Vice-president; Jomard, 
Vice-president of the Central Committee; Db 
Larenaudiere, Secretary. 
Letter of the Presidents and Secretary of the Geographi- 
cal Society, to his Excellency theMinister of the Marine, 
Paris, 20th October 1828. 
MONSEJGNEUR, 
A French traveller, M. A. Caillie has just arrived at 
Toulon on board the king's schooner La L^g^re^ after 
having brought to a happy termination a difficult and 
painful journey in the interior of Africa, from Rio-Nunez 
to Tangier. It appears that he has resided for some time 
in the town of Timbuctoo. This arduous journey has 
exhausted all his resources, and his health is impaired by 
long continued fatigue. His Majesty's Vice-Consul at 
Tangier recommends him to the Geographical Society, 
that it may procure for him from the government, the 
means to proceed to Paris. As this is the first European 
traveller who has accomplished such an enterprise, we 
think ourselves entitled, Monseigneur, with confidence 
to solicit your interest in his behalf, and to request for 
