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river, thence along the North Fork to Laramie, to the Sweet 

 Water, and through the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Thence their route followed the Bear River, to the upper spurs 

 of the Wasatch Mountains, and down to Snake River, where 

 they built Fort Hall and left part of their company. From 

 here they traveled westward, following the Boise and Snake 

 Rivers, and crossing the Blue Mountains, apparently by the 

 same route now followed by the Oregon Railroad. From Fort 

 Walla Walla they went down the Columbia and reached Fort 

 Vancouver on September 16th. 



After three months' sojourn in this vicinity Townsend and 

 Nuttall visited the Sandwich Islands, where they collected many 

 interesting specimens, and also made the acquaintance of the 

 king, Kauikeaouli. 



Returning to Vancouver, Townsend spent some time in further 

 explorations, and during the absence of Dr. Gairdner was for a 

 time in charge of the hospital. Nuttall left for home October, 

 1835, and in December, 1836, Townsend also started to return. 

 He stopped again at the Sandwich Islands, as well as at Tahiti 

 and Valparaiso, rounded the horn, and finally reached Phila- 

 delphia again in November 13, 1837, after an absence of three 

 years and a half. 



Townsend collected specimens wherever possible, and his 

 material was the basis of many new species described by 

 Audubon, Bachman and Cassin. 



Among his discoveries in the western United States were the 

 Sage Thrasher, Townsend's Solitaire, Hermit, Audubon's and 

 Townsend's Warblers, Townsend's Bluebird, Harris' Wood- 

 pecker, Vaux's Swift, and many others. 



Some of his Hawaiian birds are now specimens of the greatest 

 rarity, owing to the rapid extermination of the native fauna of 

 those interesting islands. The letters recently published by Mr. 

 Rhoads in the Auk explain how, unable to adequately publish 

 his new species of American birds, Townsend sold them to 

 Audubon or his patrons, and supplied him with the informa- 

 tion that he had secured concerning them. 



In 1839 he did succeed in publishing his famous "Journal," 

 a, most entertaining account of his entire trip, supplemented by 



