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922  —=—- Botanical Writings of Rafinesque. = este 
a characteristic and interesting pamphlet, which is not at present 
in our possession. An abridged account of his travels and re- 
searches in this country, is also given in the introduction to his 
New Flora of North America, which we extract with slight con- 
f densation. P ie 
T came to North America in 1802, and travelled chiefly on foot until 
1804, over New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, 
from the Juniata to the sea shore, and from the Alleghany Mountains be- 
yond Easton to the Potomac beyond Washington and Alexandria——In 
1805 I left America for Europe, where I remainedetill 1815. On my re- 
turn to this country in that year, I was shipwrecked"on the shores of Con- 
necticut, and lost all my former* herbals and collections, both American 
and European. I had to begin again my researches and collections, 
which I pursued ever since with renewed zeal, and always at my own 
sole expense. I spent 1815 and 1816 in the States-of New York, New 
Jersey, and Pennsylvania chiefly. In 1816 I went to explore as far as 
Lake Champlain, Vermont, and the Saranac Mountains near the sources 
of the Hudson River. In 1817 I went to the Matteawan or Catskill 
_~ Mountains, and explored Long Island, where I dwelt awhile. But my 
great travels in the West began in 1818; I made a tour of 2000 miles, 
as far as the Wabash River, crossing twice the Alleghany Mountains on 
foot, and exploring Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, &c.——Having 
been appointed Professor of Natural Sciences in the University of Lex 
— ington, in Kentucky, I went there in 1819, crossing a third time the Al 
leghaily Mountains, through the Cumberland road of Maryland, still on 
_ foot, as I never would cross these beautiful mountains in any other way, 
order t6 botanize all the while, and I was rewarded by many new 
fants. I spent seven years in Kentucky, exploring that State thorough- 
y, and making excursions to Ohio, &c.: my longest journeys were } 
1823, when Fwent west as far as the rivers Cumberland Tennessee 
near their mouths, and next east to the falls of the Cum rland River, 
and the Wasioto or Cumberland Mountains. In 18251 undertook @ long 
journey through Ohio and Virginia, crossing the Alleghany Mountains of 
. Virginia, and returning by the Alleghanies of Pennsylvania, always ° 
foot. Next year, 1826, I left Kentucky and settled in Philadelphia; but 
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Y ae ~ gieok aeVEry long botanical journey in the way, going through Ohio wa 
at * dusky on Lake Erie; thence to Buffalo, Niagara, Canada, the New 
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Canal, &c. me 
-- His excursions from 1827 to 1830, were confined to Pennsy 
vania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, &¢- 
: " Several botanical excursions and journeys were undertaken in on 
in Delaware, New Jersey, and the Taconick Mountains. While 2 
