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them was Dr. Pickering, who accompanied the United States Ex- 

 ploring Expedition, and with whom I talked about the Cape, 

 where he had stopped for a few days. I hope I shall meet him 

 again. Dr. Warren is nephew of General Warren, who was killed 

 at the famous battle of Bunker's Hill, and is of course very proud 

 of his kindred. There was a picture of the hero in the room, 

 and three oil-paintings of the battle, and two cannon balls from 

 the field as table ornaments. There was also another highly- 

 prized relic in a richly-gilt frame, which was handed about to 

 be looked at. It was a sheet of note-paper on which was written, 

 " Autograph for Dr. Warren of Boston, Victoria E., Buckingham 

 Palace, July 20th, 1838." The Queen is very popular here, and 

 her picture frequently displayed on parlour walls, and I have 

 seen it coupled with General Washington at inns. Dr. Warren 

 has a fine collection of fossil remains, and possesses the finest 

 known specimen of the Mastodon — finer, I am told, than the one 

 now at the British Museum, and which was formerly exhibited 

 in Dublin under a spurious name. 



To his Niece, Miss M. C. H. 



Boston, October 22. 

 Saturday at eventide we visited the Observatory, and saw the 

 great telescope, the finest instrument in America, and with not 

 many superiors anywhere. We had a view of a rich cluster of stars 

 in " Hercules," which, through an ordinary telescope, looked just 

 like a blot or hazy star, but in the great one, the same object stood 

 out in the sky in perfect distinctness, every star in it (and there 

 seemed to be thousands of them) shining in his own proper sphere. 

 We afterwards spent the evening with Professor Agassiz, who gives 

 a weekly soiree. This was rather a grand occasion, owing to 

 Sir J. B. being here, so the rooms were pretty full of ladies 

 and gentlemen, chiefly scientific. Longfellow was in the room, 

 but I missed the opportunity of an introduction. There were 

 many other Professors, each famous for something, among them 

 Dr. Pickering, who has been all round the world, engaged in 

 the United States Exploring Expedition. He has published a 

 magnificent book on the Physical History of Man. 



The plates for the United States Exploring Expedition were 

 looked at and talked over ; splendid coloured folios of Zoophytes, 



