32d Congress, ) 

 2d Session. ) 



SENATE, 



J Executive, 

 No. 36. 



EXPLORATIOI 



OF THE 



VALLEY OF THE AMAZON, 



MADE UNDER DIRECTION OF 



THE NAVY DEPARTMENT, 



BY 



WI. LEWIS HERNDON AND LARDNER GIBBON, 



LIEUTENANTS UNITED STATES NAVY. 



6 



PART I. 



BY LIEUT. HERNDON. 



i 



WASHINGTON: 



ROBERT ARMSTRONG, PUBLIC PRINTER. 

 1853. 



