F. GEOGRAPHY. 15 7 



not been used by the natives since the period of the Spanish 

 discovery. Mitth. Geog. Gesellschaft, Wien,Dec, 1871,601. 



HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN BRAZIL. 



According to Dr. Petermann, the peak of Itatiaiossu, the 

 highest mountain in Brazil, was ascended during the past 

 summer, and its altitude determined by Mr. Glazion, the di- 

 rector of the Imperial Parks in Rio de Janeiro. It proved 

 to have an elevation of 8899 English feet, being somewhat 

 less than had been previously estimated. Many species of 

 plants were found on the mountain, and, what is of great in- 

 terest, a large number of Alpine species, especially the Com- 

 posite, were collected at from three to seven hundred meters 

 below the summit. 17 A, Jan., 1872, 38. 



CRUISE OF CHILIAN SHIP CHACABUCO. 



Among other interesting discoveries made by the Chilian 

 exploring vessel, the Chacabuco, was a lake, previously known 

 to the Jesuits, at the foot of Mount San Clemente, situated at 

 the neck of the peninsula of Paytoo, on the southern end of 

 the Chonos Archipelago. This receives an immense glacier 

 from the mountain that pushes far down into the water in a 

 fan shape, its terminus being a perpendicular w r all of blue ice 

 three miles in length, and rising at its lowest parts one hun- 

 dred feet out of the water. Semi-weekly JS r . Y. Tribune, June 

 25,1872. 



CRUISE OF CHILIAN SHIP CHACABUCO. 



The Panama Star and Herald quotes from a recent report 

 of the cruise of the Chilian surveying ship Chacabuco, in re- 

 gard to researches in Patagonia. In this it is stated that 

 the Andes have been crossed by a detachment of the party 

 through the vafley of Aysen, in 45 of latitude south, open- 

 ing a route to the centre of a rich and fertile country. No 

 difficulty was anticipated in making a wagon road or railroad 

 across the continent through the region referred to. Pana- 

 ma Star and Herald, June 5, 1872. 



EXPLORATION OF PROF. HARTT IN BRAZIL. 



The return of Professor C.F. Hartt, of Ithaca, from his late 

 expedition to Brazil, has been already" announced in the pa- 



