| Description | Sir David Gill has called his attention to a letter Beattie wrote to Larmor in April, quoting passages. He does not know how he came to write it, and he is not as ungrateful as Larmor has the right to assume. He is indebted to Larmor and Chree and hopes he will remember Beattie's gratitude about the report, rather than his grumbling. He apologises and hopes that Larmor has destroyed the letter. His plans were modified after he heard that the Government Grant Committee had acceeded to his request. He and Morrison travelled together from Broken Still to Abercorn where they parted. He describes the locations of Morrison's magnetic work until November, when he will travel by sea to Khartoum. Beattie went from Abercorn to Bismarckburg, where he found the steamer not running because of the crew's sleeping sickness. He went overland to Tabora and notes the line of observations he made thereafter. He will stop in November so as not to interfere with Captain Lyon's plans and he is to telegraph the Sudan Government. Without the Royal Society's help, his work and Morrison's would not have been possible. He asks if the Royal Society grant part of the work should be published separately or together with the Carnegie sponsored work. He hopes to reach England by Christmas and to have the opportunity to thank Larmor. |