SMITHSONIAN 



MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



YOL. V. 



'EVERT MAN IS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF SOCIETY -WHO BT HIS OBSERVATIONS, RESEARCHES, 

 AND EXPERIMENTS PROCURES KNOWLEDGE FOR MEN." — SMITHSON. 



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WASHINGTON: 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



1864. 



