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in every department of natural history may yet be 

 looked for from this comparatively new and ex- 

 traordinary portion of the globe. 



To the botanist and zoologist, objects of pecu- 

 liar interest are continually presenting them- 

 selves, not previously described, or indeed known 

 in Europe. While a field of investigation might 

 be opened by the geologist, the cultivation of 

 which may be expected to repay his labours a 

 thousand fold. 



