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lumbium), has been found in the mouth of Calumet River, 
ten miles south of Chicago. In the groves are beautiful 
Violets, Phloxes, Oxalis violacea, the unique Dodecatheon 
Meadia ; on the marshes Buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) ,* 
Indian Plaintain (Cacalia tuberosa), Valeriana edulis, and 
away back on the prairies are hundreds of acres of tall. 
sedges and grasses abounding in several species of Liatris, 
showy Sunflowers, rank Rosin-plants (Silphium), and mul- 
titudes of Asters and Golden Rods. 
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D THE AMAZON. t— This racy account of a six months’ 
trip across the continent of South America is really a valuable contribu- 
tion to American geographical science. The author's ** general route was 
from Guayaquil to Quito, over the Eastern Cordillera, thence over the 
Western Cordillera, and through the forest on foot to Napo, down the Rio 
by canoe to Pebas, on the Maraiion, and thence by steamer to 
Pará.” This is a new route of travel, and after a trip to the Pacific 
shores of our own continent, we should prefer this safe, romantic and 
unfrequented journey to any other we know of. The ascent of the Nile, 
the great rivers of Asia, and even the Congo itself, are hackneyed subjects 
compared to scaling the Andes, passing around Chimborazo, and plunging 
for a long month into the depths of a South American forest, seeking the 
sources of the Napo River, with that magnificent sail down the Marañon 
and Amazon to crown all. 
As an illustration of the author's pleasant style (though his facts are 
not ics well arranged) we a his Dee of Chimborazo :.— 
“Coming up from Peru through th f Loja, f 
m: C ee traveller reaches Rio tama, seated on the thresbold ut ie a Da- 
f Co En wy iirrounada with a splendid 
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n our left is the most sublime speetaele in the New World. “It an a x mjeti pile kel sla 
great giant. His feet ternall ‘ingly white; but they 
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+The Peta and the Amazon: or, Acro: eia Continent of South America. By James Orton, 
With» a Dew map of St Enuatorial America an s illustrations. New York. Harper and 
