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ed by the sea breezes usually called the trade winds, from ten 

 A. M. until sunset ; this is a great blessing in a flat country, when 

 the thermometer stands at 88° Fahr. : but it does not penetrate 

 the interior of the peninsula; the heat there is as intolerable as 

 the Miasma. 



When we had eaten our humble repast at the sweet little 

 Orange Grove Island, we left it " alone with its glory," but 

 not without a name. It was determined, nolens volens, that it 

 should be called Audubon's Island, on the St. John's river. 

 Lat. 29° 42'. 



On going and returning from Spring Garden, I observed many 

 plants new to me, especially a parasite, of which I collected 

 some fine specimens, somewhat resembling the pineapple plant, 

 growing in some instances forty feet high on the east side of 

 cypress trees, of which the roots were in the water. I saw 

 many daisies resembling the common European daisies, and large 

 patches of heath, the first I have observed in the United States. 

 The excursion out and home, occupied four days. 



I am now going to prepare for my return to St. Augustine : 

 the schooner Spark is there, bound for the heads of St. John's 

 river, and as I am furnished with an excellent letter to the Com- 

 mander from the Secretary of the Treasury, I shall hope to be 

 permitted to embark on board of her. Adieu, my dear F. until 

 I give you an account of this new expedition. 



J. J. AUDUBON. 



REMARKS ON THE ARTICLE CONTAINED IN SILLIMAN'S JOUR- 

 NAL FOR APRIL 1832, ENTITLED "MR. LEA ON THE NAIADES." 



Sir — I venture to ofTer to you some observations on the very 

 encomiastic review of " Mr. Lea on the Naiades," in the Ameri- 

 can Journal of Science and Arts for April 1832. Mr. Isaac 

 Lea's papers were published in the transactions of the American 

 Philosophical Society. That institution had been at a gi-eat 

 expense to get up these papers, which, on account of their nu- 

 merous showy plates, have attracted much attention. The libe- 

 rality which the society thus exercised, imposed upon the author 

 the duty of making his papers as perfect as po.ssil)k', and at any 

 rate free from all reproach. It was alike due from him to do 



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