Correspondence from Brazil

We would like to apologize for taking so long to respond, but we were anxious about any news from the colonel as well. We understand your concerns and we keep you in our thoughts. We would have updated you sooner, but until now we didn’t know any more than you did. Anyway, I’m happy to report now, the colonel is doing great. He has sent us a lengthy report dated May 20th, describing most of his findings; if his calculations are correct, he should be at his goal already. He said in his correspondence, “(…) I expect to be in touch with the old civilization within a month and to be at the main objective in August. Thereafter, our fate is in the lap of the gods!” This means all that’s left right now is to just wait for another word from him about his success. To make up for the wait, I’ve attached another correspondence from him dated a few days later, May 29th, addressed to you! Hope this will bring you peace.

Sincerely,
Council of the Royal Geographical Society