PETER LOEFLlNG, 8i 



pi*6fefrors were at the headj each of one fcience^ 

 viz. I. a geographer •, 2. a natural philofopher t 

 3. a botanift -, and 4. one acquainted with 

 commercial aflPairs. Each profeiTor had four af- 

 fiftantSy and befides them were four furgeons, 

 and many other people intended for this expe- 

 dition. Den Juan Ignatio Madariaga and Don 

 Jofeph Solano both Gapitans de Fregatta^ with 

 Don Jofeph Santos Cabrera were for the geogra* 

 phical department. Loefling was the head bo- 

 tanift, and had Doji Benito Paltor^ from the Py- 

 renees, and Don Antonio Condal^ from Barcellona^ 

 two young phyfieians, for his affiilants : and 

 two other youths^ born at Madrid^ of wealthy 

 parents, called Don Bruno Salvador^ and Don 

 San Juan de Bios Caftel^ were intended for 

 draughtfmen and pupils in natural hiftory. 

 The other departments were filled up in propor- 

 tion> fo that this might have turned out one of the 

 grandeft and moft ufeful undertakings if pro- 

 perly conduced and executed. LGefling got 

 twenty thoufand reaUs de Vellon towards his 

 equipment in linen^ cloaths and other neceffa- 

 ries. His falary was increafed to ten thoufand 

 reales per annum, and that of each of the phy* 

 ficians under him, was fixed at ^-^^e thoufand 

 reales. The regulation of the limits between 

 the Spaniards and the Portugueze in North A- 

 VoL. II. G mericaj 



