can to the Tierra fria. He will remain in 
the country two or three years, that is, if 
the state of it wil admit of botanizing : 
- but it is so disturbed, that he may probably 
have to take another direction and visit 
Bolivia, which presents a yet more inte- 
- testing field. Whichever way he goes, we 
. are authorized in anticipating great things 
. from him. 
.. Dr. Schomburgk has returned to Deme- 
. fara from his arduous voyage on the Esse- 
. quibo and its tributaries. The perils of 
_ such an undertaking none can estimate, ex- 
E cept those who have visited similar coun- 
- tries; and the incessant rains and the want 
= of competent assistance occasioned the 
. destruction of a large portion of his plants; 
. 80 that a very small number of species 
. constituted the second envoi, despatched 
: by Dr. Schomburgk: and we regret, though 
we are not surprised to learn, that some of 
; the subscribers, disappointed in the cha- 
. Tacter of this collection, have withdrawn 
= theirnames as subscribers. We regret it, 
: because, as our Government does not pa- 
E tronize and support, like those of the con- 
z: tinental nations, similar expeditions in be- 
: half of Natural History, it is quite certain 
: that nothing can be done, but through the 
ad of private individuals, in furtherance 
=e good a cause. Nor are the sub- 
scribers required in the present instance to 
pay any thing in advance, but only for 
What they receive; so that after all, save 
_ ma very slight degree, by some of the 
» Specimens being in a less perfect state than 
a | be wished, not any one suffers, ex- 
. CPt the unfortunate traveller, by his bad 
ic ves as is thus feelingly described by 
| "n. a letter now before us. ** Mr. Ben- 
s sa have informed you before this 
: E T ^ success has attended my col- 
Ad "d plants, and that the majority of 
oe ve collected were spoiled by the 
. Meessant torrents of rain, and in conse- 
to me in a financial respect is very 
The last sets of the late expedi- 
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tion, consisting of only thirty-eight species, 
have just been despatched to Mr. Bentham, 
and some of them even have suffered by 
the dampness of the climate. I have now 
taken such precautions, that a similar ac- 
cident shall not happen again, and I have 
great hopes that a Mr. Reiss is to accom- 
pany me, who is fully able to attend to 
that branch of Natural History, in case 
indisposition should prevent my being able 
to do so myself. The field for my next 
investigation will be the river Courantine, 
a country replete with interest, as its banks 
are a terra incognita to the Botanist. If 
God should please to grant me health and 
fair weather, I promise myself more inte- 
resting results than from my last expe- 
dition 
Mr. Nuttall is returned to the United 
States after a most interesting expedition 
across the Rocky Mountains to the shores 
of the Pacific at the mouth of the Colum- 
bia, and a voyage thence to the Sandwich 
Islands. We understand the journey has 
been a very successful one in point of bo- 
tanical acquisitions, and the Rocky Moun- 
tains having been crossed considerably to 
the southward of Mr. Drummond's or Mr. 
Douglas' route, the character of the vege- 
tation will be proportionably different, and 
we trust Mr. Nuttall is engaged in prepar- 
ing an account of them for the press. 
It gives us pleasure to be able to say 
that a botanical collector is about to pro- 
ceed to Santa Fé, in North Mexico, under 
the auspices of Dr. Torrey of New York. 
He will accompany the Caravan, which 
leaves St. Louis (on the Missouri) about 
the end of May next, and will reach Santa 
Fé in about sixty-five days. The party 
will not return till October, thus affording 
the collector ample opportunities for dry- — . 
ing plants, &c. His outfit is calculated at — 
three hundred dollars currency. Those, 
who contribute to this, will receive plants - 
e at the rate of one hundred 
every five dollars. To those who purchase 7 
specimens on the return of the collector, 
without having contributed to his outfit, 
the price will be seven dollars per hun- 
