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insects and small mammals and plants. The region, the south- 

 ern boundary of British Guiana, is one of low mountains, pre- 

 sumably heavily forested, and virtually unknown from a botani- 

 cal standpoint. Dr. Smith expects to return about the first of 

 next April. 



In August the Post Ofifice Department issued a special three 

 cent stamp commemorating the Ordinance of 1787. On the 

 stamp beside the map of the region of Ohio and west covered 

 by the Ordinance, are the heads of Cutler and Putnam. The 

 Cutler shown was Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823) who probably 

 drew the first draft of the Ordinance and was one of the founders 

 of the Ohio Company. This versatile man was not only a states- 

 man, but a clergyman, doctor and teacher. In addition he was 

 a scientist, at the time ranking second only to Benjamin Frank- 

 lin in this country. His scientific interests included astronomy, 

 microscopy, electricity, archeology and more than any of these, 

 botany. His article describing and classifying 350 species of 

 New England plants according to the Linnaean system was the 

 first paper of the kind published in America. He also wrote a 

 chapter on the trees and plants of New Hampshire for a histo- 

 ry of the state. 



