j v DEDICATION. 



pride in reflecting that its institutions are analogous 



to those of my own dear country, and that the grandeur of its 



it and the intellectual life which animates all 



: f its people, have their counterpart in Helvetia. 



For me ii is a source of satisfaction to be able to contribute, 



in my humble sphere, to the extension of the physical knowledge 



of that part of the American continent, whose natural riches 



are daily more and more able to appreciate, thanks to the 



untiring zeal of hs scientific men. 



I trust, sir, you will deign to rend these lines with an indul- 

 ual to the sincerity with which they are addressed to 

 you, and I hat you will see in them a pledge of my gratitude and 

 devotedm 



UK Ml I De saussure. 



lit:. neva. Switzerland, 1 May, 18G3. 



