Letter from Filippo de Filippi, St. James's Club, Piccadilly, London, to Sir Archibald Geikie, President of the Royal Society He presents a sketch plan of a proposed expedition across the Western Himalayas and Karakoram. He would be oliged if Geikie could bring the matter before Council. It has been endorsed by the Institut International de Physique of Brussels and the Royal Geographical Society and it would help if the Royal Society would be a third supporter. The cost of the work would be £10,000, of which £6,000 has been subscribed to date. 7 November 1912