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intended for publication in this magazine, will pro-bably shortly appear. He was a member of the NewYork Historical Society, and, in 1816, was elected to a similar honour in the Literary and PhilosophicalSociety of New York. To this latter association hecommunicated an interesting memoir on the geogra-phy of Africa. That unfortunate mariner, CaptainJames Riley, the narrative of whose sufferings hasawakened so large a portion of public attention, hadapplied to Mr. Eddy to draw for him a map of partof Africa. This gave Mr. Eddy the occasion of examining the different accounts that had been pub-lished by different- travellers, on African geography;and, without passing sentence of condemnation onany writer for wilful misrepresentations, he givesdue credit to the statement of Captain Riley. CaptainRiley has, indeed, been pronounced a loose writer byan anonymous reviewer; but the testimonies to hisworth and veracity are most respectable, and, be-sides, he is subject to the evidence of living witnesses.It cannot be denied, that his work contains mostimportant views of interior Africa; and it is grati-fying to observe, that a gentleman possessed of thetalents and learning of Hugh Murray, Esq., should,in his enlarged edition of Leyden's Historical Accountof Discoveries and Travels in Africa, pay the tributeof high regard to our American narrator. Enough has been said to show, that the strongestprinciple of action in John H. Eddy, was the laud-able desire to be useful; that he was superior tomaking a trade of liberal pursuits, and generous inpecuniary matters, is admitted by those to whom hewas best known. To conclude this hasty sketch, itis unfortunately too frequently our lot, to lament the seemingly untimely departure of aspiring genius andworth; but it may confidently be said, seldom couldour regret and lamentation be more feelingly be-stowed, than on the subject of this brief memorial.Time and talents have rarely been more constantly