AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF DR. W. STIMPSON, ZOOLOGIST. 141 
According to Stearns,’ he was a man of charming per- 
sonality. His industry is shown by fifty-two papers, chiefly 
dealing with crustacea and mollusca, which he wrote 
between 1848 and 1872. Among these are several bulky 
and valuable memoirs. 
The account of his Australian discoveries are scattered 
through a series of publications and have never been 
assembled. No details of his visit here have appeared in 
literature, but the manuscript journal of his voyage is 
preserved at the Smithsonian Institute. By the kindness 
of Dr. Paul Bartsch I am now enabled to present a copy of 
that portion of it which relates to Stimpson’s visit to 
Australia. 
My correspondent writes:—I can help you with the 
date of Stimpson’s visit to your territory, for we have his 
journal. In fact, I will go farther and extract from it all | 
the data which will be of interest to you.’’ Here it follows: 
“Dec. 8, 1853. S. Lat. 45° 14’. E. Lon. 112° 19’. Wind N.E. 
7 kn. 
Dec. 9th. S. Lat. 46° 11’. E. Lon. 117° 6". Wind N. 9 kn. 
The temperature of the air is now 57’, that of the water 49°. | 
10th. S. Lat. 46° 39’. E. Lon. 122° 20’. Wind N. Av. 8 kn. 
The bird noticed on the 5th inst, as resembling V-23, was seen 
for the last time to-day. The most southern latitude passed in 
this voyage is now reached. 
11th. S. Lat. 46° 26’. E. Lon. 126° 41’. Wind N.W. Av. 7 kn. 
To-day is Sunday, but as usual in this latitude, at least in our 
experience, the weather permitted neither the performance of 
Divine Service, nor the muster of the ship’s company. 
12th. S. Lat. 46°19’. E. Lon. 130° 11’. Wind N.W. Av. 6 kn. 
We still pass floating Kelp in considerable quantities. Each 
bunch consists of a cluster of elongated fronds like those of 
+ Stearns, Proc. Californ. Acad. Sci. 1v, 1871, 1872, (1873) p. 230. 
