642 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



on the spot my description of the journey, will 

 not have passed an unfavorable judgment. 

 Our greatest difficulty was the small size of 

 our boat which was so weak as to make the 

 crossing of the river always dangerous. I 

 shall look forward with great pleasure to the 

 more detailed account of your journey, and 

 also the plan of your route, which I hope you 

 will send me. Can you tell me anything about 

 the human skeletons at the Rio St. Antonio 

 in St. Paul ? I am very glad to know that 

 you have paid especial attention to the palms, 

 and I entreat you to send me the essential 

 parts of every species which you hold to be 

 new, because I wish to work out the palms for 

 the Flora Brasiliensis this year. I wish I 

 might find among them some new genus or 

 species, which then should bear your name. 



Do you intend to publish an account of 

 your journey, or shall you confine yourself en- 

 tirely to a report on your observations on 

 Natural History? With a desire to explain 

 the numerous names of animals, plants, and 

 places, which are derived from the Tupee lan- 

 guage, I have studied it for years that I might 

 be able to use it fluently. Perhaps you have 

 seen my " Glossaria lignareus brasiliensium." 

 It contains also 1150 names of animals. To 

 this work belong, likewise, my ethnographical 



