S FEOM LA GUAIEA TO CARACAS. 



will in due time be given to the public, and will consti- 

 tute, if we except the published reports of Humboldt and 

 Bonpland, with those of some minor travellers, the first 

 botanical work that has ever been issued on that region. 

 Mr. Gearing had been in the country about a year, and 

 had succeeded in making a most valuable collection in the 

 department of ornithology. The researches of these gen- 

 tlemen in Northern Venezuela will add much to the cause 

 of science, and increase largely the facilities for others 

 who may desire to make investigations and collections in 

 the natural history of this country. Often did we in the 

 course of our travels have occasion to be grateful for in- 

 formation imparted to us, as well as many valuable sug- 

 gestions received from them during the short time we re- 

 mained in the city. 



