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JOHN MIERS. 



-a SiX" y graph " record of the difficuities ° f «* ^ 



«« U v a ?? *? c ° ntinue in this new country the scientific pursuits 



£ h f e ^ s° successfully entered before leaving London he 



attention of Mr Miers was directed to its Natural History He 



CorriillArflq +hn *o^ # Tt e^^o 1 ^ structure 01 tne 



leve on the sea^ni? T ena if f a J th ^ ake s, *** the changes of 

 birds and insects ' W V. ° ^n^ s P ecimens of animals, chiefly 

 had not hS« t ' glairy devoted himself to botany. He 



unaWe m Cm 1? T* T ^ tion to this scie » c *> «S £ wa 

 Taytr his wan; nf 7 f/^ £ b °° ks ' to compensate in any 

 tt^l^fti • Nevertheless his enthusiasm and 



evefy obsSYn lZi^lfr m ?!, Way in wllich lie overcame 

 and Collected ^It^° ? ° f the *> lants **** he observed 

 large number aldform^T TT JS ' * He carefull y dissected » 

 drawings, in wS, ?he vlln^ 1 Z ? ° f Upwards ° f two huildred 

 thatthfvsSpHed^rilwrK-^^x^ 16 S0 f "*WnUy depicted 

 when fc^jfig ^*-C ^ *"* "» ^ 



he sI^^JS^ 1 ^ j* d r ng his few months ' s ^ 



Chile and La P ata f wbtb l i ^IT* entitled * Travels in 

 contain a history of til it * ^ th ° reCOrd of *« travels, 

 difficulties which had o £ » T ' T* ? "«•«« °f the grea 

 selves in e.ery effor mart £ C0Tmi **? '"m the people them- 

 moral or materUlmpro V em e n? ™ U * **" ^ vei ™nt, or any 



plant'rervid^Ttwoir^ 6 thr ° Ugh0ut the - lu -es to the 

 containing twenty plants bpt T + a ?P? nded to the work, the one 

 other ennmera^^^^^ to ™* genera, and the 

 already known. No descriot i !• gmg to s pecies or to genera 

 memoirs Mr. Miers has fetT 8 ? 6 ?* but in his subsequent 

 plants. lms lllus trated and described most of these 



When in England in ifto* k„ v 

 and Lindley, and mad? t if. ■"■* acc l™inted with Brown 

 pUnte, which Z iS^JXT^ the scientific study of 



— „ ww Kr „„, K „, mrtfl ♦ ,- the scientific study of 



America in 1826. He a*ain cr T I « 'T ° n his retuni to So^tli 

 on the return journey formed T edtlle Co ?tinent to Mendoza, and 

 of the Pampas He ittWl L 1 })nnci ^ 1 collection of the p ants 

 Ije erected*, mi* ,° Sdtt n S^A^x^'*" 

 the same for the Government of Brazil L ° H Janeil '° to d ° 

 Bio actively employed as an Z J™ ? e , s P en t seven years in 



greatly increased hfs Ltes on thpTTl 6 "' and d ™»g these years he 

 drawings of the living plans 'i^r,^ ?° Uth America and his 



m the neighbourhood^? Bit H ^ ,f bserved aild sheeted 

 "» 1838. ; ni0t He & ™Uy left South America 



out of the iStfS ma^^hfTv^ , , lim8elf to the firing 



elected a Fellow of the Linnean i ^° Ughfc with him - He was 

 published, in the Xmi£^j£& » }™, <*« in 1841 he 



^^^^newaS^p^tl^t^ fil ' St b ° tanica i 



uciun^mg to aurmanmacsa, and 



