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government, aided by the energy of a zealous and 

 scientific traveller. * 



* Mr. Schomburgk, during the few months (about fourteen) 

 he has resided in Britain, in addition to the materials which 

 he has contributed to the present volume of the Naturalist's 

 Library, and some papers in our scientific periodicals, has fur- 

 nished reports of his later expeditions in Guiana for the Geog. 

 Society's Journal ; Parliamentary Papers relative to British 

 Guiana, ordered to be printed 11th May, 1840 ; "A Descrip- 

 tion of British Guiana, Geographical and Statistical, exhibiting 

 its Resoiu-ces, Capabilities, &c." 8vo. Simpkin and Marshall 

 (already translated into German) ; and the great work illus- 

 trating the scenery of the country, " Twelve Views in the 

 Interior of Guiana, after Sketches taken during the Years 1835 

 to 1839, with descriptive letterpress, by Robert H. Schom- 

 burgk, Esq." Ackermann, and Co., London, 18J11. 



