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one interval, till 1843; while he was joined and accom- 
panied by his brother Ri CHARD from 1840. Sir 
ROBERT died in 1865; Dr. SCHOMBURGK still lives in 
Australia, and does excellent work as the widely known 
and much respected Director of the Botanic Gardens at 
Adelaide. But for about forty years the Schomburgks, 
though their names will for ever be associated with British 
Guiana, have had no actual connection with the place. 
Quite recently, however, the surviving brother has ad- 
dressed a long and interesting letter, full of biographical 
details, to one still among us, who at the time the brothers 
were in Guiana was in the circle of their most intimate 
friends. This letter we have kindly been allowed to 
publish ; and we most gladly avail ourselves of the 
opportunity thus afforded of making known something of 
the later life of, at least, one of the heroes of Guiana. 
The letter is as follows : — 
Botanic Gardens, Adelaide, 
19th November, 1881. 
My Dear Mrs. Manget, 
Your kind letter reached me on my 70th birthday and I assure 
you I deemed it the most valuable birthday present I received. It called 
to my mind the happy days I spent in your dear aunt's house and in 
Zeelandia. A few weeks before the arrival of your letter, I received a 
visit from Mrs. and Mr. Tinne, Georgetown, on their route to England, 
having first visited Mr. Tinne's brother, who is settled in New Zealand. 
You can imagine how eagerly I inquired after you and my friends ; of the 
latter I was informed very few were left. 
Now let me give you a condensed biographical sketch since I left 
Georgetown. After seeing my lady-love, relations and friends, I settled 
in Berlin for the purpose of publishing my travels in British Guiana, 
The late King Frederick William IV permitted me to dedicate the work 
to him ; it appeared in 1847 in three volumes. The work was well 
received by the savants and the German pres9, 
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