1 74 Memorial of Geoi'ge Drozun Goode. 



laid open to view, and on this account these sketches are very unlike the ordinary 

 pictures of a burning mountain, and far more interesting to the geologists. Scarcely 

 less interesting than these volcanic scenes are the views taken among the Andes of 

 Peru and Chile. 



The following list gives more particularly the number of drawings in the several 

 departments. The whole number of distinct objects or scenes delineated is 2,100. 

 Of these 200 are portraits, 180 plants, 75 reptiles, 260 fish, 850 mollusca, and over 500 

 landscapes and historical sketches. The drawings of Crustacea, corals, birds, and 

 quadrupeds were mostly by the naturalists in charge of these departments, and are 

 not here enumerated. 



The sketches, to which we have referred, have been made in the following differ- 

 ent regions, and they have been the more or less complete according to the length 

 of time spent at these places. It should be observed that the several groups of 

 islands in the Pacific, although not far distant from one another, have each marked 

 peculiarities in the physiognomy, dress, domestic manners, etc. , of their inhabitants. 



( I ) Madeira, ( 2 ) Cape Verde, (3) Riode Janeiro, (4) Rio Negro, Patagonia, (5) Terra 

 del Fuego, (6) Chile, ( 7 ) Peru, (8) several islands of the Low Archipelago, (9) Society 

 Islands, (10) Navigator Islands, (11) New Zealand, (12) New Holland, (13) Tonga- 

 tabu, (14) Fiji Islands, (15) Kingsmill Islands, (16) Sandwich Islands, (17) Oregon 

 Territory, (18) Philippine Islands, (19) Sooloo Sea, (20) Singapore, (21) Cape Town, 

 (22) St. Helena; besides some small scattered islands in the Pacific unnoticed in 

 this enumeration. Of these places, the pictorial account of the Fiji and Sandwich 

 islands and Oregon Territory is the most full. 



The drawings, as has been remarked, are not finished. To complete them on the 

 spot would have been impracticable where so many things equally important were 

 demanding immediate attention, and had it been attempted the sketches could not 

 have exceeded one-fourth their present number. They are so far complete, however, 

 that they might in a short time be finished up by the artists. 



In addition to sketching, Mr. Drayton has written down the music of the natives 

 at many of the islands, and the note or tones which the different nations employ in 

 speaking. 



On nearing land the artists were besides employed in drawing headlands, and of 

 them there are nearly 500 in addition to the other sketches. 



DRIED PREPARATIONS IK NATIONAL INSTITUTE, NOVEMBER 18, 1842. 



Catalogue showing the number of birds, quadrupeds, reptiles, fishes, etc., prepared 

 in the rooms of the National Institute. 



Speci- 

 mens. 



Birds from the exploring expedition 471 



Birds from South America and other foreign parts 86 



Birds presented by the Jardin du Roi, Paris 87 



Birds of North America 276 



920 



Quadrupeds from the exploring expedition 26 



Quadrupeds from United States and other parts 49 



75 



Reptiles from the exploring expedition, etc 66 



Fishes from the exploring expedition, etc 48 



114 



I, 109 

 There remain probably 300 bird skins to be set up, brought by the exploring 

 expedition, and about 20 quadrupeds, some of large size. This is exclusive of an 

 immense number of duplicate specimens. 



