368 Intelligence and Miscellanes. 
8. Collections in Natural History. 
the Arkansas. Dr. G. has collected a considerable number 
of plants and animals, in the neighborhood of New Orleans, 
and remitted them to New-York. ‘There is every prospect 
of his succeeding to the utmost of our wishes, in the object of 
his mission. We needa few more subscribers to our funds, 
and, perhaps, by inserting our Circular in your Journal, we 
might receive some additional names. It would be desirable 
to retain the present collector in the interesting regions to 
which he has been sent, for a longer term than a single year, 
and if sufficient encouragement Is given to our project, we 
to extend our contract with him for the spring and 
summer of 1830. Persons desiring to take shares, can address 
Mr. William Cooper, Capt. Le Conte, or myself, on the subject. 
