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 ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.

PRESENTATION OF THE PATRON'S MEDAL.

EXTRACT FROM THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS, 1849

OU have also been informed that the Patron's Medal has been awarded by the Council to the distinguished Austrian traveller Baron Charles von Hügel, for his enterprising and successful exploration of Cashmere, the Punjab, and the surrounding countries, as communicated to the public in his work entitled Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek; and also for the zeal and ability with which he formed those collections of plants and animals in Australia, as well as in Upper India which have enriched European museums, and particularly those of Vienna.

The fame of Baron Hügel's travels has been so long before the world, and the character they have acquired for faithful representation and graphic delineation is so well known, that it is unnecessary for me to enter upon that subject. I therefore propose to take a rapid glance over Baron Hügel's route, to mention the principal places which he visited, and to describe the line of country over which