His Lordship the president having been pleased to desire me to give an account of some Tartarian Antiquities lately discovered in Siberia, and exhibited to the Society by Mr. Collinson; I thought myself happy in having the opportunity of acknowledging the honour the Society had done me in electing me an honorary Member, and likewise of manifesting by this means how desirous I am, not only to merit this honour, but also to discharge a part of my duty.