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I called^ and to express that I entertain no bad feeling towards 
yourself; but I felt it my duty to protest against a printed 
statement so prejudicial to my honour and interests. 
(Signed) JOHN PETHEEICK. 
“SiE Eoderick Impet Mxjechiso^j’. 
&c., &c., &c.” 
On the same day I received the following reply : 
“ May 2Uh, 1865. 
My deae Sie, 
In reply to your letter of this day, I hasten to say that 
I shall be happy to see you to-morrow, Thursday, at the Museum 
in Jermyn Street, at three p.m. 
“ I am of course desirous to see fair play and complete justice 
done to you; but you must give me leave to observe, if you 
think the words used by the Council in awarding a medal to Mr. 
Baker reflected in any way discredit to yourself, you are clearly 
under a misapprehension of our meaning and wishes, 
“Eecollect what I said at the meeting. Erom what Baker 
stated from Khartoum, we were under the impression either that 
you had lost your life, or that your expedition had met with such 
disasters as would prevent your succouring Speke and Grrant. 
Hence the motive of Mr. Baker appeared to me to be truly noble. 
It would be very painful for me to have to act as umpire between 
Captains Speke and Grant on the one hand, and yourself on the 
other. But few distant expeditions are conducted without some 
disagreements among the parties ; and I cannot see that in any- 
thing which the Eoyal Geographical Society has done you have 
cause for complaint. 
“ The imputation to which I presume you allude, came frotn 
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