Collin, Dr. Benj. S. Barton, Messrs. Vaughan, Peale, Wm. Bartram, &c. He 

 visited with great satisfaction the botanical garden of the latter gentleman, and 

 the magnificent greenhouses of Mr. Wm. Hamilton, which contained a rich collec- 

 tion of exotics, principally New Holland plants. His attention was more particu- 

 larly attracted by the latter gentleman's romantic grounds, called The Woodlands, 

 wholly planted with every American tree and shrub that could withstand the se- 

 verity of a Philadelphia winter. Finding he had a few months to dispose of, he 

 took advantage of this circumstance to visit the States of Kentucky and Tennessee, 

 about which he had so frequently heard his father speak in the most enthusiastic 

 terms. 



He set out from Philadelphia on the 27th of June, 1802 ; passed through Lan- 

 caster, Columbia, York, Carlisle, and Shippensburg ; then crossing the Alleghany 

 Mountains, he reached Pittsburg in ten days, travelling alternately in stage, on 

 horseback, or on foot. He left Pittsburg on the 14th of July, on foot, for Wheel- 

 ing, and there purchased a canoe to descend the Ohio River, in company with an 

 American officer of the name of Craff. In three days they reached Marietta, and 

 on the tenth day they landed at Limestone, now Maysville. From that place he 

 travelled alone to Lexington, which he left on the 10th of August for Nashville. 



Michaux I'emained in Nashville four weeks, which were employed principally in 

 botanizing around the town and along the banks of the Cumberland River. On 

 the 6th of September he set out on his journey back to Charleston, by way of Fort 

 Blunt, West Point, and Knoxville, which latter place he reached on the 17th, after 

 stopping several days at the Falls of Roaring River, to explore the beautiful coun- 

 try around. From Knoxville he travelled to Greenville, and thence to Jones- 

 borough, the last town of Tennessee. On the 21st he began crossing the high 

 ridge which divides the State of Tennessee from North Carolina, and, after two 

 days of the most toilsome journey through the mountains, he reached the farm of 

 old Davenport, who had been formerly his father's guide in that rugged region. 

 There he remained a week, for the double purpose of resting and conversing with 

 him about his father, who, shortly after, on the inhospitable coast of Madagascar, 

 died a victim to the climate and to his zeal for the progress of science. Michaux 

 reached Charleston on the 18th of October. 



Such was Fran9ois Andre Michaux's exploring journey to the western States, 

 of which he published a very detailed account, two years afterwards, in a work 

 entitled "Voyage d P Quest des Monts Alleghany, ^-c. ,^c." During this journey 

 he did not merely devote his attention to botanical pursuits, but, with his usual 

 habits of observation and extraordinary sagacity of mind, he diligently inquired 

 into the state and modes of agriculture, the nature of the different soils, their 

 particular vegetable productions, and the commercial relations existing between 

 those remote regions and the Atlantic cities. He always felt pleasure in relating 

 the episodes of this long and toilsome journey through regions then but thinly 

 settled, and still the abode of the roving Indian tribes. 



He spoke with enthusiasm and in terms of unreserved gratitude of attentions of 

 which he was the object: his name was a passport which insured to him a most 

 hearty welcome, and every assistance from those who had known his father, and 

 had received from him seeds for planting or instructions in farming. To the new 

 settlers he was always provided with letters of introduction, which procured him 

 the same good reception. 



[to be coxcluded next month.] 



