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INTRODUCTION. 



Duncan Finlatson, Resident Agent of 

 Hudson's Bay Company, British Amer. 



Donald Ross, Norway House, Hudson's 

 Bay TeiTitory. 



John Swanston, Michii^icoton, L. Sup. 



Joseph Templeman, St. John's, Newf. 



Hon. J. S. McCoRD, Montreal, Canada. 



Capt. J. H. Lefroy, Gov'ment Observa- 

 tory, Toronto, Canada. 



Dr. Jedediah Herrick, Hampden, Me. 



Dr. J. M. Batchelder, Saco, Me. 



S. Rodman, New Bedford, Mass. 



Prof. E. S. Snell, Amherst College, Mass. 



Alsion Brainard, Greenfield, Mass. 



Dr. Ovid Plumb, Salisbury, Conn. 



James Quintard, Norwalk, Conn. 



J. L. Hendrick, Litchfield, Conn. 



E. C. Herrick, New Haven, Conn. 



Prof. B. SiLLiMAN, Yale College, Conn. 



Prof Denison Olmsted, Yale Coll., Conn. 



Prof. A. W. Smith, Wesleyan University, 

 Conn. 



Dr. T. RoMETN Beck, Albany, N, Y. 



Gideon Hawlet, Albany, N. Y. 



W. C. Redfield, New York City. 



Gerard Hallock, New York City. 



Prof. Elias Loomis, N. Y. University. 



Joseph Delafield, New York City. 



Dr. A. F. Ewing, Trenton, N. J. 



George Mowry, Somerset, Pa. 



Jacob Meculing, Butler, Pa. 



Dr. J. T. DuCATEL, Baltimore, Md. 



Prof. Joseph Henry, Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, Washington, D. C. 



Lieut. M. F. Maury, National Observa- 

 tory, Washington, D. C. | 



Prof. Alex. D. Bache, Washington, D. C. 

 Col. J. J. Abert, Chief of Topographical 



Bureau, Washington, D. C. 

 James P. Espy, Washington, D. C. 

 Dr. Thomas Lawson, Surgeon-General, 



Washington, D. C. 

 Prof. James Phillips, Univ. of N. C. 

 Prof C. F. McCay, Franklin College, Ga. 

 Dr. John F. Posey, Savannah, Ga. 

 E. B. Jennings, Tuskegee, Ala. 

 Dr. Henry Tooley, Natchez, Miss. 

 Prof. James Hamilton, University of 



Nashville, Tenia. 

 Prof. I. W. Andrews, Marietta Coll., 0. 

 Dr. Boswell Marsh, Steubenville, 0. 

 Rev. Z. K. Hawley, Knoxville, HI. 

 Matthew Coffin, Otsego, Mich. 

 W. A. Raymond, Detroit, Mich. 

 Isidor Loewenthal, Posen, Poland. 

 Rev. H. G. 0. Dwight, Constantinople, 



Turkey. 

 Rev. N. Benjamin, Smyrna, Asia Minor. 

 Dr. Azariah Smith, Erzeroom, Asia Min. 

 Rev. P. 0. Powers, Broosa, Asia Minor. 

 Rev. S. H. Calhoun, Mount Lebanon, 



Syria. 

 Dr. H. A. De Forest, Beirut, Lebanon, 



Syria. 

 Rev. John F. Lanneau, Jerusalem, Pa- 

 lestine. 

 Rev. Justin Perkins, Ooroomiah, Persia. 

 Wm. T. Thompson, Secretary of British 



Embassy, Tehran, Persia. 

 Joseph Reed, Tehran, Persia. 

 George A. Stevens, Tabreez, Persia. 

 Solon Albee, Langdon, N. H. 



I have also made free use of the published papers of Prof. Dove, and others, 

 whenever I could obtain them. 



La Fayette College, August, 1849. 



