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e open border, and both last year a and lous tree of “ten thousand images, to which we shall doubtful as any thin 01851 if we 
Bie bee 'ell-ripene ned seeds: Indeed iiy presently again advert: Our words were—* Before dis- on the title page ng the та umes Td з 
raised a number of seedlings from seeds thus saved. missing this subject; it may be well to pause and started in 1844. Nevertheless, we —— — 
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jp ccu cmo correspondent * M. S.;“ de- this i investigation; and ies reliance cari be placed on Mis monastery (/amaserie) of Rache Teburin- af dr 
seribing the beautiful seat of the Earl of * authority. There is proof in their volumes, that Y i. Hue said, and what Samdadchiemba Í what 
notices a plant of the Picea nobilis as the finest speci- | MM: Нас and Gabet were по impostors, nor is the precise spot on which the worthy Lama cast hin id 
men of the kind he — T m id as worth a journey | Еч wanting of there being some foundation for (I. 316)—the whole story told in a manner уы 29 
of 2 200 or 300 miles ts height having been тапу of their most marvellous stories of the Cali- Defoe. If ever a clever feuilletonist had debe ae 
14 feet; and its eve in gt p two years equallin | fornia richness of Thibet іп gold—of the salutation | his rri such а one must surely have had th Under 
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lasi near it measures 52 feet in hbighty si and its cir- | | ds bulous origi in of the they ey quo That they | has not ventured to lay down upon this map th 
cumference at 2 feet fr om the ground i is 6 feet, and at 6 went to Ó and lived ther ere has — reported to route which he and his companions followed. АЫ 
foot $ Euro opeans on the fro of India, and that they ee that Пе really was able to recollect thé om. 
feathering quite to the ground, arid beari | returned dined h China i — " certain as that they have versations he records, this is incomprehensible, it 
of conés. These plants are growing at an levaton of | — become the authors or originators of a book, as ‘the papers were worked up in Paris the ci i 
750 feet above the level òf thë sea, and where many of r remarkable for its fables and fictions (perhaps not all intelligible enough, for no éditeur уат. We venture ig. 
the plants which flourish at Cas astlemartyr ? жой not their own), as for its — — and truthful representa- assert, lay down upon such a map a tr whieh toe 
live. W. Ord, Whitfield Hall, оаа d. tion of the manners and eustoms of the Thibetans. The | experienced geographers is all but D 
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" P» tions we do not doubt; but we cannot help remember- nothing to do with the preparation of h 
Sottettes. i 1 са k у Had he been | Rip 
ба i Bex three years of wanderings ; that a ‘few notes’ were laid 125 his route, or refused to 
NNEAN, Nov, 1—T. Вел, Esq, President, in od — та up at Macao in 1847 and 1 1848; and — in such a 
lair. C. Collingwood, jw was elected а Fello 1850, from such 2 nearly 1000 well. filled p ireu m РЯ of this kind throw, v ү, dedi 
Among the plants presented were specimens of nearly z — — appear in Paris! stored with — enough upon the details of M. Нис? journey. Our der 
Speci t oA Me ences, and roo id n in Chinese, and last case seems conclusive, e allude to the account 
mond and Gilbert. Mr. Stevens exhibited living 24 эдиз 1, and Thib such а: —— however | he gives of the tree with 10,000 images, out of whith 
om l| fertile, eould whl inven — clothe with the garb of this discussion has arisen, What sort o » (hi 
һај, 18185 „Moors e Fi ant | truth, and as no — however retentive, eould we need not again describe, after what was said 
K ue 4 fangeria paradoxa, from Natal, together retain aught but we & traces of. December : we confine ourselves to M. Huc's evidenes 
Re dress 125 n specimen, from the *| То this we should not — recur, were it not that, in He expressly declares that he and his companio 
: > i t were i 
2 Rev. T n, of. Jamaica, of a rose at th 
ving ae eae ena eed all converted into | pressed by us, some letters have reached us, from ment) at beholding “upon every leaf extremely тє 
de ver Dak 1 fe оше rue cpu among which we ade aem following. The Rev: R. formed Thibetan charaeters.” . After a most minute 
ШҮН эйт, шр ee coe: CENA m x Smithy of Penrit exami Pi d tur uy satisfied that there was notte 
a е 4 sta- iD h M. Huc ay | 
its ОНА ce T pia" ea š, in the Coll oes any one really believe that ] 2 0 
Pe 1 "n d effects on Barley, by J, Clarke, of the Lazarists, Rue dé deem 95; "where, RR. at wo Wa | or that he ever saw any such sight as is described! — 
iul Vin жы К 87 SUB. g mbar erp | We must, in justice to this gentleman, sequit Im 
, OCCupying fe y ich | and preparing to bring k | of attempting to palm such à monstrous tale tpt 
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bout 2 A were 1 and the ainder much bs о, It is tro e e that SM. Hct amparo the Abbe Gabe | 
injuréd. ied about a * ago; and that M himself has suffered : | 
v fb e fibres t the parasite attach themselves severely from the effects - xeessive fatigue. He expects to | known, as d other not more improbable tales ss 
to Ше bres of the Binley on which they form small | visi England E Yon to superintend the publication of an| пам рч g the Lamas; 1 й was found among his | 
spongioles, which suck the juices of the plant, and English translation of his forthcoming work on China.” 4 | Tener id | 
destroy it. 3. On the Reproduction of Lost Parts in| Messrs. Lon ngman and Co. have also {а ше us with iat ers: is likely enough 5. but. it really is N 
Earth-worms, by G. Newport, Esq. Three specimens | the following e cation: : Th 4 We th bas Nye believe Qa Be "rc | 
of Earth-worms were produced which had parts of i PATERNOSTER Row, November 22, 1853, eyes 5 8 Uca T $ nb сайд of kncwing ' | 
і és reproduced, the author being desirous of ant attention T" been called * your remarks in eis untrue, we have no эы, 
dénióhstrating the errors committed by Dr. наза уча ners эту кары, сЕ PU the Travels in China credibility attaches to the other cx arts of this narr | 
» Wir xis »|0 abet, which you appear sider as a work of whic rfeetl justi in re arding 10 | 
ina report on British ut 5 published by the British FS 5 5 authority. We never doubted * che work in e as ü ER Y. authentic © bat P grent е өп k | 
Am a Кы: р shes “On the authority,” n e and is at the epee ee Ca ed in iy 
iams, * of hundreds of observations, | ва Nau A I ЭА л ЖЫ Лей 
Fiously repeated at every season of the 
$ ) year, the bor, and w mits make use of his reply, without 
author of this report can declare with deliberate firm- |] fhe. We rend von emcees iran from Met dhe 
ness that there is not one — of truth in the state- Nor. 15, 1853: ‘The main facts of MM. Нис cand Gabet's trav els were | É 
ménts of Bolte and Sp e ip”. known to me in China some years before t, from | for р, sake о y to disavo yj! 
the communications of M. Gabet. Не, poo rman, fella victim since we oes privately, ал Miel in 8 
T in qua chair. Dr, Robert | to the horrors of the Alpine journey so so graphically de escribed in | ] abe k D on His 10 Was 
bes their bo ok, an M. Hue is now himself paying 1 1 with pe ра a6 abrications, vf misi 
Mic A odelled | — РН АНН in thé south of France, rites me. ne ; his rig a "Thien mai 
1 wers, mode in Wax A cause de mes douleurs e je dois passer a ‘irae в F we belie 
own. 
i xb., a new genus of de 
зај Ва J. D. Hooker and | Ae, whi h the evidene 
T plant, which ра interesting to Sinologues of 40 years’ stand ; the Sam | hi true and what is f. 
" to, Penak one of the handsomes nd 000, Bronotinces the "Es ing a th, you ‘Stan just as | acl: Es 
most с curious of the pt hy 8 the i viri priced 1 тн justes ю upon in 
Trich iria thin, A but а fruit it widely diferent бетти Chri “a Det cone ge. ation I. не тро 
E n order to which 
ЖУ fruit i is 6-10 hee across, of 1 dep eter. e ras the fl ; dated November 5, referred to in — 
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dienen yo “ We must 
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ikkim, was also pe be | werk of nT A nu Y 
eton flabellatus, by * Fe s read i if altogether authentic? It — as if this sentence su 
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Beblews. and we presume to think that, after the — state- geographers imagine 
[ment, few will be inclined to believe M. Hue's narrative N. lat, and 100° E. ү 
gether authentic? 8 to the want ef ed which 
Recilctions 0 fad 7 Le in artar, ‘authenticity being admitted; we ean only say that eee the Je ES неу 
ја үз» ДЬ. intelligent and well-informed persons, whose names wi 
1830 grega withhold for the same reason as that which influenced 
is, | ot i sist upo 
rpořt to be an account of the tra ls tieni Мет Garden. 
Catt 3 [vave F we are informed upon s E alib catis 
ies; Messrs, Hue and authority, are to be included M. Hue's inen e "d = fora ie bus є 
н their | superiors, who are — to have placed his book in the nembrauaged pa исан 
r adventures, put, as it bus angustis ovalibus obtusis planis; labelle ч 
S rn a Pomme ab ue Ee Pob apice шл 
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part, accepted by poin + We ate content to rest Chee pin 
Such » journey as that deseribed was actual ai 
13 ually per. M. Нис oft Millen: (11-51 is that he and а Brazilian 
formed rh the таа Were known in. China—were €ompanion pire Macao is the be ning of of October, | | of er ОРЕ. We . The Wd 
rd of in India—and returned to Europe. Moreover; 1846 ; and that during their residenee there the took | thé above The 
2 0 advantage of the leisure to put in order the few — nos more that 2 2 melies pw 28 
wit- (les quelques notes) йене during the journey. De hard and flat, are as much = Fa E 
ques: | [d ces Souvenirs de i оте | 
ousand | 
of narrative! Pages too filled; it must be re. | velvety li 
llers questionable; gal ioe of the membered "QR D with Le infinite multitudé of the smallest | Mexican Cattleya citri 
into criticaily did Ed narrative, when MM which the notes im question could not | only other т yello 
pA 6 dose to ш doubt. | 8 “a which no MX of — difference in d foe 
y ode That the notes m have been slight except the edge of the lip, ж 
ng passages occur. The eee la gets — — volumes — 29. j 
y quiry | scarcely give half а dozen dates. The very fime at An annual, with erect branchitig 
and size of Antennaria 
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ato a marvelous мшу aii aap b. the travellers left Pekin would have been as аз colour 
