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more Christian than Mahomedan. This statement should be 
received with doubt. When the Portuguese were driven from 
the coast, many who had married remained in the country, 
and professed Islamism. 
The above people, of which very little can be learned, 
owing to the jealousy of the Moors, are an active, intelligent 
class, sometimes employed by European settlers as trusty 
servants, and very seldom abuse the confidence placed in their 
fidelity. They are the celebrated snake charmers, vaulters, 
skull and choppers, of whom we read; and they are the 
carriers to Wednoor Mogador. I believe if we could induce 
the Emperor to allow us to trade to Agadeer, a large and 
valuable trade from that place to Senegal and Timbuctoo 
might be carried on. At present it is not safe to enter the 
country. 
Mr. T. T. Wilkinson, F.R.A.S., laid before the meeting 
a selection of Geometrical Investigations, from the papers of 
the late Mr. Henry Buckley, of Wood House, Delph. Pie 
stated that Mr. Buckley was a pupil of the late Mr. John 
Butterworth, of Haggate, near Oldham, and was peculiarly 
distinguished for his knowledge of the Ancient Geometrical 
Analysis. Amongst the investigations laid before the meeting 
were several relating to the properties of Bisectant Axes, and 
their application to the solution of problems. Others related 
to Porisms, Loci, Tangencies, Sections of Ratio, &c., &c., 
all of which had important bearings upon the principal 
subjects of interest amongst the ancient geometricians. Mr. 
Buckley died in July, 1856, and might almost be considered 
as the last of the Oldham group of self-taught mathematicians. 
He corresponded to the Diary, the York Courant, and 
the Educational Times, both in his own name and under 
several assumed signatures. Since his death, Mrs. Buckley 
had consigned the MSS. to the care of Mr. Wilkinson, for 
publication or otherwise ; and on the suggestion of the 
