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LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, 



COMMUNICATING 



A REPORT OF AN EXPLORATION OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON AND ITS 

 TRIBUTARIES, MADE BY LIEUT. HERNDON, IN CONNECTION 

 WITH LIEUT. GIBBON. 



January 6, 1854— Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the members of the House, 

 ten thousand extra copies of the report of the Secretary of the Navy communicating the reports 

 of the exploration of the river Amazon and its tributaries, made by Lieutenants Herndon and 

 Gibbon, with the accompanying maps and plates. 



April 13, 1854.— Resolved, That there be printed twenty thousand additional copies of the 

 reports of the surveys and explorations of the river Amazon, with the plates and maps accom- 

 panying, by Lieutenants Herndon and Gibbon— two hundred and fifty copies for distribution by 

 Lieutenant Herndon, and two hundred and fifty copies by Lieutenant Gibbon, and the remainder 

 for the use of the members of the House. 



To tlie Senate and House of Representatives : 



I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the 

 Navy, accompanied by the first part of Lieut. Hemdon's Report of 

 the Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon and its tributaries, 

 made by him, in connexion with Lieut, Lardner Gibbon, under in- 

 structions from the Navy Department. 



MILLARD FILLMORE. 



Washington, February 9, 1853. 



Navy Department, February 7, 1853. 



To the President. 



Sir: In compliance with the notice given in the annual report of 

 this department to the President, and communicated to Congress at the 

 opening of its present session, I have the honor herewith to submit 

 the first part of the Report of Lieut Herndon, of the Exploration of the 

 Valley of the Amazon and its tributaries, made by him, in connection 

 with Lieut Lardner Gibbon, under instructions from this department, 

 dated the 15th of February, 1851. 



I am happy to be able to inform you that Lieut. Gibbon reached 

 Para on his homewaid journey some weeks ago, and may very soon 

 be expected to arrive in the United States. When he returns, Lieut. 

 Herndon will have all the materials necessary to complete his report, 

 and will devote himself to that labor with the same assiduity which 

 has characterized his present work. 



