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1828. 



Mazatlan, February. 



Acapulco, April. 



Valparaiso, May. 



Coquimbo, May 25th. 



Rio Janeiro, August ; and return to 



England, September of the same year. 



The Botanical Collections were made by Mr. Lay the Naturalist, and by the officers of the ship generally ; 

 but in particular by Mr. Collie, who, during the temporary absence of Mr. Lay, zealously undertook the 

 care of the department with which that gentleman was entrusted, and whose notes, as well as those of Mr. 

 Lay, have been of much service in drawing up the following account. The collections of the different 

 countries will be described nearly in the order of the places given in the above list. Those of Rio Janeiro, 

 (the place first and last visited,) will, as being perhaps of less interest than the rest, be described the last. 



