4r 



N ABK ATI VE 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES 



EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



DURING THE YEARS 



1888, 1839, 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. III. 



PHILADELPHIA: 



LEA & BLANCHARD. 



1845. 



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