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NAREATIVE 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



DURING THE YEARS 



1838, 1889, 1840, 1841, 1842. 



BY 



C H A E L E S WILKES, U. S. N., 



COMMANDER OF THE EXPEDITION, 



MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, ETC. 



IN FIVE VOLUMES, AND AN ATLAS. 



VOL. IV. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



LEA & BLANCHARD. 



1845. 



A. 



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