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tion to describe as soon as my packages arrive from Ply- 

 mouth. These, with those above described, will be deposited 

 in the British Museum ; the fish which I collected I have sent 

 to Dr. Richardson at Haslar. 

 October 15, 1842. 



XXXIV. — Information respecting Scientific Travellers. 



MR. FORBES. 



A friend in Belfast informs us that he has received a letter from 

 Mr. Forbes, dated Smyrna, H.M.S. Beacon, Sept. 9, 1842, in which 

 he says, that the grant allocated by the British Association for 

 dredging in the Red Sea " determines me to take Egypt on my 

 way back, and I shall start for Alexandria soon, regulating my move- 

 ments so as to be in England during the early part of January." It 

 would seem to be time for him to try new ground, as he observes, 

 " Though at work every day, I now so seldom get any species of the 

 Mollusca, Radiata, or Fish which I have not already, that it seems as if 

 I had pretty nearly got through the treasures of the Egean." He 

 speaks of his fever having interfered sadly with his botanical hopes, 

 but that he had previously collected in Lycia 800 species of Phseno- 

 gamic plants, and remarked many interesting facts connected with a 

 number of them, more especially with reference to their distribution. 

 As he is silent respecting his health, it may be presumed that he 

 was at the date of his letter perfectly recovered. 



J. LINDEN. 



The young Belgian naturalist and collector, J. Linden, has recently 

 undertaken a second journey into South America, and intelligence of 

 his present movements has been received to the date of April 1842, 

 with an announcement of the despatch of his first consignment of 

 dried plants. These have since arrived in the best possible condition, 

 and contain some which are highly interesting (a large proportion of 

 them ferns), and they are already in the hands of his subscribers. 

 The sets contain 170 species. Additional subscribers are invited 

 to join those who have already engaged for these plants ; and, in 

 order to judge for themselves, botanists who wish to do so can have 

 the opportunity now of inspecting this series just distributed. Each 

 plant is accompanied by a printed and numbered label. The price is 

 fixed at 21. per hundred plants, and there are no extra charges for 

 expense of freight, &c, if application be made direct to M. Linden's 

 London agent. 



M. Linden writes thus : — " After many difficulties and a most pro- 

 tracted and stormy passage, I am at length arrived at this first stage 

 of my intended Colombian expedition (viz. La Guayra). Before 

 striking inland from the coast, I intend to investigate the chain of 

 mountains which border these shores, profiting by the time of year 

 (winter), this being the only season when one can with safety tra- 

 verse these very unhealthy coasts." 



