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four slicks into Ihr groiind under llie Fhadeof a trrp, and stretch the warp on these' 

 The reed and beam are 9as(»eiuled from the branches of tlie tree, and the shuttle is 

 a rude instrument fashioned with a knife. I never witnessed the weaving, but had 

 it described to me hy Mrs. Hayes. 



The napliin I send yon was spun and wove by her in Corrientes. The open 

 work at the ends was done with bobbins around pins stuck in a cushion. Theso 

 napkins are used lor wiping^ tlie hands after dinm^, and for covering presents of 

 fruits and other tilings sent to friends. They are highly prized here; the one I 

 send you was worth, when new. a gold ounce. The wealthy people of Corrientes 

 wear goods manufactured in the manner 1 have described, some of which are very 

 fine and durable. Foreign cottons are not much worn, and chiefly by tlio poor. 



Mr. iLiyes could not tell me how much cotton an acre would produce, but he 

 says the crop is abundant, and land so cheap that they never estimate it by the 

 acre. He bought a large tract at the rate of about three or four cents per acre. 

 He says the climate is healthy, and the means of living abundant and cheap. 

 Labor is low, and lie thinks if the government were stable and the taxes and ex- 

 port duties moderate, that cotton could be put on board vessels baled, even as it is 

 now cultivated, for about five cents per pound. Paraguay, Salto, and parts of 

 Entre Rios and Tucaman, are as well adapted to the growth of cotton as Corrien- 

 tes. Paraguay and Corrientes are leagued by treaty in a war against Governor 

 Rosas . 



With much respect, your obedient servant, 



JOS. GliAHAM, U. S. Consul. 



Francis Markoe, .Tr., Esq., 



Corresponding Secretary National Institute, Washington. 



LETTER FROM ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE, PARIS. 



Announcing a present, of the great work of the French Government on 

 Egypt, and other valuable books, to the National Institute at Wash- 

 ington. 



Paris, April 15, 1846. 

 My dear Sir : The following is a true copy of his majesty's ordinance granlin?, 

 at the request of the Minister of the interior, to the "National Institute of Wash- 

 ington for the Promotion of Science and the Useful Arts " a copy, on fine paper, of 

 the great work on Egypt. I trust that the members of the Institute and the citi- 

 zens of the United Stales will receive this additional token of our brotherly feel- 

 ings towards them with a gralitication equal to that which I feel in trangiuilting 

 to you this flattering intelligence, &,c. 



Your Iricnd and obedient servant, 



ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE. 



Minister of the Interior, Division of the Fine Arts. 



LOUIS PHILIP, KING OF THE FRENCH, To all to whom these pre»ent$ 



shall come, greeting : 



On the report of our Minister Secretary of State of the Interior, we have ordered 

 and we do order as follows: 



Article I. A copy, on fine paper, of the great work of the expedition to Egypt, 

 is presented to the National Institute of the United States. 



Article II. Our Minister, Secretary of State of the Interior, is charged with 

 le execution of this ordinance. 



Palace of the Tuillkries, April 5, 1846. 



LOUIS PHILIP. 

 Bt the Kino : 



The Miniiter, Secretarr of State of the Interior, 



DUCHATEL. 



