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of the natural relations between the radiates 

 and the other great types of the animal king- 

 dom. 



This summer I hope to explore the lower 

 lakes of Canada, and also the regions lying 

 to the eastward as far as Nova Scotia ; in the 

 autumn I shall resume my excursions on the 

 coast and in the Alleghanies, and shall pass 

 a part of the winter in the Carolinas. I will 

 soon write to Monsieur Brongniart concern- 

 ing my plans for next year. If the Museum 

 were desirous to aid me in my undertakings, I 

 should like to make a journey of exploration 

 next summer in a zone thus far completely 

 neglected by naturalists, the region, namely, 

 of the small lakes to the west of Lake Supe- 

 rior, where the Mississippi takes its rise, and 

 also of that lying between this great basin of 

 fresh water and the southern arm of Hud- 

 son Bay. I would employ the autumn in ex- 

 ploring the great valley of the Mississippi, and 

 would pass the winter on the borders of the 

 Gulf of Mexico. 



To carry out such projects, however, I have 

 need of larger resources than I can create by 

 my own efforts, and I shall soon be at the 

 end of the subsidy granted me by the King 

 of Prussia. I shall, however, subordinate all 



