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seek for assistance, the Samoyedes never going so far North, 
because of the absence of those lichens which are necessary 
for the support of their rein-deer. So our poor traveller was 
left alone, his only shelter being a kind of hole, formed by 
the snow, and his sole subsistence a portion of his dog, which 
he had been obliged to kill and divide into five pieces for 
himself and his companions, together with a snow-grous, 
which he was so happy as to capture. Thus, solitary and 
seriously ill of fever, did eighteen long, apparently never- 
ending days pass over him! At the close of that period, he 
bethought himself of some zoological specimens in spirits, and 
having drunk the liquor, he felt sufficiently revived to stir , and 
reaching an eminence, perceived a moving object on the 
horizon, which proved to be his companions in search of 
him, accompanied by some friendly Samoyedes. God's pro- 
vidence thus spared his life! Dr. Middendorff is now 
recovered and gone to the East, to make new observations, 
He is a most energetic, undaunted traveller, as these inci- 
dents prove, and a very learned and talented naturalist. 
Dr. Kolenati, from Prague, is now in Russian Armenia, 
whence he has sent home many interesting botanical and- 
zoological objects. 
Professor Koch of Jena has just returned from Koordistan, 
and is at Tiflis, whence he means to visit several hitherto 
unexplored parts of that and the neighbouring provinces. 
This is nearly all I have to tell of botanical informa- 
tion, Ere long you will receive our seeds and the catalogue, 
with some trifling observations. 
Your sincerely devoted 
FISCHER.” 
FLORA ÅZORICA. 
We are happy to be able to state that a Flora of the 
ores is preparing for publication in Germany. Our friend, 
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