> {Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.) 



\ NAREATIVE OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. SAMAEANG, 



during the years 1843-46. By Capt. Sir Edward Belchek, 



C.B., F.R.'A.S. and G.S., Commander of the Expedition. 



\ With a Popular Summary of the Natural History of the 



I islands visited, by Arthur Adams, F.L.S. 



\ Commencing at Borneo, the Expedition extended as far north as 



\ Korea and Japan, including within its limits the islands of Quel- 



\ part and Loo-Choo, the Meia-co-shimah and Batanese Groujjs, the 



\ Philippine and Sooloo xVrchipelagos, Celebes, Ternate, and Gilolo, 



^ with other islands of the Blue and Yellow Seas. 



\ "These volumes give the official and authorized account of the surveying 



5 voyage of the Samarang in the Eastern Archipelago and Northern Seas of China 



\ and Japan. Besides much geographical and practical information, Capt. Belcher's 



\ Narrative contains a close and mature view of the ministers and monarchs of 



\ those distant regions. Uuelpart and the Korean Archipelago are new ground." — 



\ Examiner. 



\ %* In 2 vols., 8vo, 964 pp., 35 Charts, Coloured Plates, and 

 Etchincrs. Price 36.s. cloth. 



TRAVELS m THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL; principally ; 



throiigh the Northern Provinces and the Gold and Diamond ^ 



\ 

 Districts, during the years 1836-41. By the late George 



Gardner, M.D., F.L.S. , Superintendent of the Royal Botanic 



Gardens of Ceylon. Second and cheaper Edition. 



"When camping out on the mountain-top or in the wOdemess; roughing it in 

 his long journeys through the interior ; observing the very singular mode of Ufe 

 there presented to his notice ; describing the curious characters that fell under liis 

 observation, the arts or substitutes for arts of the people, and the natiu-al pro- 

 ductions of the countrj' — these Travels in the Interior of Brazil are full of 

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 Spectator. 



" The narrative of his varied adventures forms not only to the enthusiastic 

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*^* In one volume octavo, with a Map of the Author's Route 

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