LETTER FROM M. E. BOURGEAU. 8 
localities, tufted Willows, interspersed with other shrubs, con- 
stitute a covert for deer, and specially for the bear, whose prin- 
cipal food, during the month of September, is the fruit of such 
shrubs as the Shepherdia argentea, which I have seen in large 
quantities in his stomach. 
We arrived at Carlton on the 8th October, and there I finished 
putting in order my last collections, containing a quantity of 
seeds, besides the botanical specimens, and filling in all one case. 
There are 166 packets of different seeds, several shells, and some 
insects, which I beg you will keep until I return, to make the 
catalogue. Of this spring’s collections, I send two cases—one 
containing the botanical packets, and the other some objects for 
your Economical Museum ; and several diseases of plants, occa- 
sioned by the punctures of insects, for Dr. Hooker. In one of 
the boxes you will find some animals’ skins and birds’ eggs, which 
also I beg you will take care of till my return: each article is 
furnished with a ticket. As the news I looked for by the arrival 
of the Captain did not come, I shall be obliged to pass another 
winter at Edmonton, and I trust, by the following spring, to be 
enabled to visit those parts of the Rocky Mountains lying nearest 
this locality ; and thus I shall have all the spring plants, which by 
arriving too late this season I run the chance of losing. It is 
well known that August is the most suitable month for traversing 
the mountains; and, besides, the Composite and seeds of many 
plants are not perfect till that season. 
The total number of cases which you will receive in 1858 is— 
2 from Fort Есе, and 3 from Carlton, making 5 in all. 
I am anxious to reach the mountains as soon as possible. It 
їз now two seasons since l saw any mountains resembling the 
Alpine chains of my native country. 
Dr. Hooker, to whom I desire my respectful remembrances, 
will receive at the same time all the observations which I have 
taken since I left Carlton. I have a journal, in which I have 
notes upon the temperature of the trees, upon the weather, and 
on various circumstances; and, lastly, upon the vegetation, and 
Specially upon a certain tree, which puts forth its leaves a month 
later, which I should like to know the cause of. I desire to do my 
utmost in rendering the voyage as useful to science as possible. 
Accept, sir, every assurance of esteem from your humble 
servant, -- E. Bovnzaxav. 
I have given special attention to the collection of Salices made 
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