NARRATIVE 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



DURING THE YEARS 



1838, 1889, 1840, 1841, 1842. 



BY 



CHARLES WILKES, U. S. N., 



COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION, 



MEMBER. OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, ETC. 



IN FIVE VOLUMES, AND AN ATLAS. 



VOL. II. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



LEA & BLANCHARD. 



1845. 



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