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CIRCULAR.* 



New- York, March 2, 1829. 



Sir — Several gentlemen in this city have formed an Asso- 

 ciation for the purpose of sending a suitable person to collect 

 objects in Natural History in some of tiie more remote parts 

 of the United States ; to which you are invited to contribute, 

 provided the plan meets your approbation. 



The route to be taken is the following : — From New-York, 

 by sea, to New Orleans ; thence to Red River ; remain at 

 Natchitoches until July ; then proceed to the Arkansas Ter- 

 ritory, and if the country should be healthy, proceed up the 

 Arkansas Riveras far as possible ; should any time remain 

 before the setting in of cold weather, examine the country 

 between that River and the Missouri. At the beginning of 

 winter, descend the Mississippi, and make collections in the 

 lower parts of Louisiana, the farther south the better. Ear- 

 ly in the spring, return through Mississippi, Alabama, Geor- 

 gia, and the Carolinas. 



Collections are to be made in the department of Botany, 

 (dried plants, roots, and seeds,) animals of all kinds, (except 

 those common in the Atlantic states,) particularly birds, in- 

 sects, and shells; and geological and mineralogical specimens. 



The collections, when received, will be divided by the sub- 

 scribers, or their proxies, into as many parcels as there are 

 shares subscribed for, with the addition of two shares for the 

 Collector, all the parcels being made equal in value, and dis- 

 tinguished by a number. Lots will then be drawn for them. 

 In case any subscriber who wishes plants only should draw 

 animals, or vice versa, he can exchange the one with the oth- 

 er with some other subscriber. 



Shares are fixed at $10 each. The expense of the journey 

 for one year, exclusive of transportation of collections, is es- 

 timated at $600. Dr. H. Gates, a gentleman well qualified, is 

 engaged, and will depart about the 15th of March, provided 

 forty shares shall have been then subscribed for. 



Please reply to this as soon as convenient, stating the num- 

 ber of shares wanted, and the name of the person resident in 

 this city, who is to act as your proxy. Direct to John Le Contc, 

 John Torrey^ or Wm. Coope?', at the Lyceum of Natural Hist. 



9. * Carpenter'' s Saratoga Powders^ for making Congress 

 Spring or Saratoga Waters. — There is perhaps scarcely an 



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