THE MOUNTAINS OF N. CAROLINA. 7 
are unfortunately wanting. The earliest succeeding date I 
have been able to find, is March 27th, 1792, when he sold 
the “ Jardin du Roi" at Charleston, and going slowly after- 
wards by water to Philadelphia, he botanized in New J ersey, 
and around New York until the close of May. In the 
beginning of June, he visited Milford, Connecticut, to pro- 
cure information from a Mr. Peter Pound, who had travelled 
far in the north-west; and at New Haven took passage in a 
sloop for Albany, where he arrived on the 14th of June 
(having botanized on the way at West Point, Poughkeepsie, 
&c.); on the 18th he was at Saratoga; on the 20th he 
embarked at Skenesborough (Whitehall), explored more ot 
less both shores of Lake Champlain, reaching Montreal 
on the 30th of June, and Quebec on the 16th of July.* The 
remainder of this season was devoted to an examination of 
the region between Quebec and Hudson's Bay, the botany 
of which, as is well known, he was the first to investigate. 
His journal comprises a full and very interesting account ofthe 
physical geography and vegetation of that inclement district. 
Leaving Quebec in October, and returning by the same 
route, we find our persevering traveller at Philadelphia early 
in December. It appears that he now meditated a most 
formidable journey, and made the following proposition to 
the American Philosophical Society: * Proposé à plusieurs 
membres de la Société Philosophique, les avantages pour les 
Etats-Unis d'avoir des informations géographiques des pays 
à l'ouest de Mississippi, et demandé qu'ils aient à endosser 
mes traites pour la somme de £3,600, si je suis disposéà vo- 
yager aux sources du Missouri, et méme à rechercher les 
rivières qui coulent vers l'Océan Pacifique. Ma proposition 
ayant été accepté, j'ai donné à M. Jefferson, Secrétaire 
d'Etat, les conditions auxquelles je suis disposé à entreprendre 
* Among the plants collected in this journey, he particularly mentions 
having found Aconitum uncinatum near Quebec; but in the Flora no other 
locality is given than the high mountains of North Carolina. Major Le 
Conte found it several years ago in the southern part of New York, and 
Mr. Lapham has recently detected it in Wisconsin. 
