Excerpt from Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, 1890, Vol. 23 To all who have added to the value of the present volume, the best thanks of the Members and Associates are due. The advance of the Institute both in the importance of its work and in the strength of its numbers continues. In conclusion, it is gratifying to be able to record that the Porte, after an interval of: nine years, has at last granted the Firmans necessary to enable Eastern Exploration to be resumed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.