402 RESULTS OF THE JOURNEYS 
importance to science. With respect to natural his-— 
tory, it may be stated generally, that the mass of in- 
formation already laid before the public, as obtained 
from the observation of six years, exceeds any thing 
that had been presented by the most successful cul- 
tivators of the same field during a whole lifetime. 
Much light has been thrown on the migrations and 
relations of the indigenous tribes of America, their 
origin, languages, and manners. The Vues des 
Cordilliéres et Monumens des Peuples indigenes de 
? Amérique, 2 vols. folio, published in 1811, con- 
tains the fruit of researches into the antiquities of 
Mexico and Peru, together with the description of 
‘the more remarkable scenes of the Andes. It has 
been translated into English by Mrs H. M. Wil- 
liams. The animals observed have been described 
in a work entitled Recueil d Observations de Zoo- 
logie et d Anatomie Comparées, faites dans un 
Voyage aux Tropiques, 2 vols. Ato. 
In the department of botany the most important 
additions have been made to science. Our travel- 
lers brought with them to Europe an herbarium 
consisting of more than 6000 species of plants, and 
Bonpland’s botanical journal contained descriptions 
of four thousand. The valuable works on this sub- 
ject, that have appeared in consequence of the jour- 
ney to America, form a new era in the history of 
botany. They are as follow :— 
1. Essai sur la Géographie des Plantes, ou Ta- 
bleau Physique des Régions Equinoxiales, fondé 
sur des Observations et des Mesures faites depuis 
le 10me degre de latitude australe, jusqau 10me 
degré de latitude boréale. Ato. 
2. Plantes Equinoxiales Recueillies au Mexique, 
