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the accumulations of two years' arduous efforts in forming a 

 collection. The greatest part, therefore, should be sent by 

 other conveyance to Trieste, the most secure channel being 

 through the consuls of the Austrian Empire, or those of 

 allied powers, or through the medium of British, Dutch or 

 American mercantile establishments, or by the regular 

 packets. 



Duplicates, say four or five specimens, from each volcano, 

 should be taken on board the Novara in boxes of about 

 3 feet long. It would be too disheartening to have any mis- 

 givings of the success of this glorious scheme for getting 

 together a Museum of Volcanic Rocks in Vienna, of all the 

 regions of the globe, arranged upon a regular geographical 

 system, each labelled with its own name, so as to promote a 

 general acquaintance with these branches of knowledge. 



1. Europe. 



2. Atlantic Islands. 



3. Continent of Asia, South Coast of Arabia (Aden), 



Kamtschatka. 



4. Islands of Eastern Asia and India. 



5. The Indian Ocean. 



6. The Pacific. 



7. Continent of South America: Chili, Peru, Bolivia 



Quito and New Grenada. 



8. Central America. 



9. Mexico, south of the river Gila. 



10. North-Western America, north of the river Gila. 



11. West Indies. 



