408 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
OBITUARY. 
Dr. Cuartes Pickertne.—Dr, Pickering died in Boston on 
the 17th of March, of pneumonia, at the age of seventy-three. He 
was a grandson of Col. Timothy Pickering, who was a member 
of Washington’s cabinet and one of the most distinguished men of 
his day. He was a member of the class of 1823 at Harvard Col- 
g was appointed one of the Naturalists of 
the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of 
ilkes, U. 8. N. ition gave him good oppor- 
tunities for pursuing his favorite studies. And these opportunities 
for original observation were further enlarged; for, soon after his 
return from this voyage, on the 11th of October, 1843, he left for 
Egypt, Arabia, India, and the eastern part of Africa, in order to 
gam a 
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lished, in 1848, The Races of Men, and their Geographical Dis- 
of his own Existence, was only recently completed, and is now 
passing through the press. ; 
. Pickering was untiring and most conscientious in scientific 
research, and of great and varied learning. His works are reposi- 
tories of carefully observed facts on the subjects he had laboriously 
phan geen along with the conclusions to which he had been led. 
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and was a most genial traveling companion, though naturally 
peo. among those with whom he was not familiar. 
