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XIII.— Extracts from the Journal of an Expedition undertaken by order of his Majesty's Government, to determine the Course and Termination of the Niger, more properly named Quorra, from Yáoori to the Sea. By Richard and John Lander. Communicated by Lieutenant Becher, R.N. 179

ANALYSES, &c.
I.— Analysis of a Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions; performed in his Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R.N., F.R.S., &c., in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28. By W. Ainsworth, Esq. 193
II.— A Narrative of a Visit to the Court of Sinde, &c. By James Burnes, Surgeon to the Residency at Bhooj. Bombay, 1829. Edinburgh, 1831. By W. Ainsworth, Esq. 222

MISCELLANEOUS, &c.
I.— Papers of the late Mr. William Moorcroft 233
II.— Account of Danish Discoveries on the East Coast of Greenland in 1829 247
III.— Account of Operations to find Water in the Desert between Cairo and Suez. Extracted from the Malta Government Gazette. Dated 16th March, 1831. 252
IV.— Section of South America, from Carthagena to Bogota; a Spanish MS. found among Mr. Lloyd's Papers (p.69.) Authority unknown 254
V.— Reef in the Pacific 255
VI.— Private Letter from Governor Stirling (Swan River Settlement) to Mr. Barrow 255
VII.— Union of the African Association with the Royal Geographical Society of London. Extracted from the Minutes of Council of the latter body, dated July 23, 1831. 257
VIII.— Account of the Volcanic Island lately thrown up between Sicily and Pantellaria. Extracted from Reports made by the British Cruizers to Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, K.C.B.; and communicated by John Barrow, Esq., F.R.S, With a Plate 258