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EDINBURGH 

 JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 



Art. I. — Account of a Voyage to Madeira, Brazil, Juan Fer- 

 nandez, and the Gallapagos Islands, performed in 1824 and 

 1825, with a view of examining their Natural History, 4rc. 

 By Mr Scouler. Communicated by the Author. 



Although the public are already in possession of many voy- 

 ages to the Pacific Ocean, yet, as the places I had an oppor- 

 tunity of visiting are seldom frequented by Europeans, and 

 as the natural history of the North West Coast of America 

 is still but imperfectly known, the remarks contained in the fol- 

 lowing Journal may perhaps be interesting. 



The voyage of Captain Vancouver, and the journeys of Sir 

 A. M'Kenzie, and of Captains Lewis and Clarke, have laid open 

 the geography of these remote regions, and added some valuable 

 contributions to our knowledge of their natural productions. The 

 botanical investigation of the North West Coast by Mr Menzies 

 was as complete and extensive as its survey by Captain Van- 

 couver, and it is only to be regretted that some equally active 

 zoologist had not accompanied this expedition. The overland 

 journey of Captains Lewis and Clarke enriched the American 

 Flora with many new and curious plants, whose descriptions 

 form the most interesting part of Pursh's work on North 

 American plants. Little need be said recommendatory of the 

 zoological riches of a country which possesses such a variety 

 of animals of the tribe Rodcntia or Gnawers, from the Beaver 

 down to the Marmot and Squirrel, and which contains the Vultur 



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