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the greater part of Central America, the.Corclilleras of the An- 

 des in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and finally the Chincha 

 Islands and the Galapagos. During this whole period Dr. 

 Habel was diligently, occupied in gathering information in 

 regard to the natural and physical history of the countries 

 mentioned, especially in the departments of ethnology, mete- 

 orology, and zoology. He has already made some communi- 

 cations on the subject of his travels to the Academy of Sci- 

 ences at Paris, and other learned bodies, and we look forward 

 to his detailed report with anticipations of much interest. 

 The guano deposits of the Chinchas were thoroughly explored 

 by the doctor, who found them to be of a much more compli- 

 cated structure than has hitherto been supposed. 



INDIAN RACES OF THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN. 



Much interest was excited in Bogota by the arrival there 

 of a delegation of certain chiefs of the Tule tribes of Indians 

 of the Isthmus of Darien, for* the purpose of presenting com- 

 plaints to the federal authorities respecting impositions ex- 

 ercised to their prejudice by various foreign vessels touching 

 at their ports, as obliging them, under threats of violence, to 

 sell their productions at prices fixed by the buyers, collect- 

 ing the vegetable growths of their forests without the con- 

 sent of the owners, maltreating their families, etc. Among 

 the parties referred to by the Indians were various members 

 of the United States surveying expeditions. These people, it 

 is said, are well advanced in the arts of civilization, possess- 

 ing very comfortable residences, and raising a considerable va- 

 riety of vegetable productions. Their capital is called Tituo, 

 and their country is situated between the River Arquia on 

 the east, and the Gulf of San Bias on the west, extending over 

 about 172 miles on the coast. The total population, is esti- 

 mated at 7200, occupying about 1200 houses, arranged in 36 

 villages. Panama Star and Herald. 



REPORT ON THE DARIEN CANAL. 



In the New York Herald we find a report of Captain Self- 

 ridge, of the Darien Surveying Expedition, addressed to the 

 President of Colombia, which presents the same conclusions 

 in regard to the proposed canal as those already communi- 

 cated by the Herald reporter accompanying the expedition, 



