SMITHSONIAN 



MISCElUmUS COILECTMS, 



YOL. lY. 



EVERY MAN IS A VALtTABI.E MEMBER OF SOCIETY WHO BY HIS OBSERVATIONS, RESEARCHES, 

 AND EXPERIMENTS PROCURES KNOWLEDGE FOR MEN." — SMITHSON. 



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WASHINGTON: 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



1862. 



