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EVERYONE was sorry to hear of the death of Sir Richard Burton, the eminent traveller and Orientalist. He died on Monday morning at Trieste, where he had been British Consul from 1872. He was in his sixty-ninth year. Burton was one of the boldest and most successful travellers of his time, and produced a great impression on all who knew him by the wide range of his talents, and by his energy and manliness. His career as a traveller began in 1852, when he undertook the journey to Medina and Mecca, of which he afterwards wrote so fascinating an account. His journey with Speke in 1857, which led to the discovery of Lake Tanganyika, placed Burton in the front rank of explorers. He had previously made a successful expedition into Somaliland; and at a later period he did much brilliant work in various districts of Western Africa and in Brazil.