24 INTRODUCTION, 



and for the sciences, is manifest from the work 

 before us. Though want of room made it impossi- 

 ble to engage another scientific person for the 

 expedition, Count Romanzoff could not resist the 

 wishes of a learned Dane, M. Von Wormskiold, 

 to accompany the expedition as naturahst ; he de- 

 sired no salary, if only the expences of his main- 

 tenance were allowed him. As M. Von Worms- 

 Mold had made several voyages in the north, as in 

 Norway and Iceland, the expedition might expect 

 the most important advantages from the part he 

 would take in it. M. Von Kotzebue also engaged 

 to obviate the difficulties respecting want of room, 

 and M. Von Wormskiold embarked at Copen- 

 hagen on board the Rurick. On the arrival of 

 the ship at Kamtschatka, he, however, remained 

 there, in order to make himself acquainted with 

 that country, which has been hitherto but imper- 

 fectly explored by naturalists. 



A young man, of the name of Choris, who had 

 accompanied the well-known naturalist, Marshall 

 Von Biberstein, as painter, in his tour to Mount 

 Caucasus, offered himself as painter to the expedi- 

 tion. The richness of the portfolio which he has 

 brought home, of which but a few specimens could 

 be given to the public, and the praise which has 

 been bestowed upon him by the most celebrated 

 artists of St. Petersburg, as well as by the president 

 of the Petersburg Academy, fully justify the choice 

 of this young and deserving artist, 



