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10. A Zoologist, to whom is assigned Ichthyology and Herpe- 

 tology, or fishes and reptiles. 



11. A Zoologist, to whom is assigned Ornithology and Mam- 

 malogy, or birds and quadrupeds. 



ARTISTS. 



12. A Zoological Draughtsman. 



13. An assistant Zoological Draughtsman 



14. A Portrait Painter. 



15. A Landscape Painter. 



16. A Botanical Draughtsman. 



MECHANICAL ASSISTANTS. 



17. A Machinist, to repair instruments. 



18. A Taxidermist, to prepare and preserve specimens. 



Thus ten departments only are designated, which are filled by 

 persons engaged in scientific research ; two to each vessel of the 

 squadron ; and the sum total of savans employed is not so great 

 as has been sent out from Europe on similar expeditions, much 

 more limited in other respects. Nearly forty years ago the 

 French sent out an expedition of discovery under Baudin to the 

 Australian region, called forth by a spirit of emulation and a jeal- 

 ousy of national honour, excited by what the English had done 

 and were doing in that quarter. The enterprise was planned at 

 the time the army of reserve was about to undertake the passage 

 of the Alps. The force consisted of two corvettes of thirty guns 

 each, and a schooner ; the corps attached to which included twen- 

 ty-three persons, viz., two astronomers, two hydrographers, five 

 zoologists, three botanists, two mineralogists, five artists, one gar- 

 dener and four assistants, one architect and draughtsman. But 

 this is anticipating, as I propose to reserve for my next letter a 

 comparison of the present undertaking with what the " maritime 

 powers of Europe" have done. From the majority of former Eu- 

 ropean enterprises of discovery this expedition differs in several 

 essential particulars. 



First. In the appointment of a philologist ; not a person merely 

 to collect vocabularies, but one versed in the structure and affilia- 

 tion of languages, and capable of throwing light on the origin^ 

 migration, and history of the varieties of the human race. 



Secondly. In the increased number of artists. Of these there 



