MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 



TRANSMITTING 



THE SECOND PART OF LIEUTENANT JIERNDON'S REPORT OF THE EXPLORA- 

 TION OF THE VALLEY OF THE AMAZON. 



March 3, 1853.— Ordered that 10,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. 



To the Senate and House of Representatives : 



I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the 

 Navy, accompanied by the second part of Lieut. Herndon's Report of 

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

 by him, in connexion with Lieut. Lardner Gibbon, under instructions 

 from the Navy Department. 



FRANKLIN PIERCE. 



Washington, February 10, 1854. 



Navy Department, February 10, 1854. 



To the President. 



Sir : In compliance with the notice heretofore given and communi- 

 cated to Congress at its last session, I have the honor herewith to trans- 

 mit the second part of the Report of the " Exploration of the Valley of 

 the Amazon, made under the direction of the Navy Department, by 

 "William Lewis Herndon and Lardner Gibbon, lieutenants of the United 

 States navy." 



The first part of the exploration referred to was transmitted to Con- 

 gress by the Executive on the 9th of February, 1853, and has been 

 printed. (See " Senate Executive No. 36, 3 2d Congress, 2d session.") 

 The second part, which completes the report, is the result of the labors 

 of Lieutenant Lardner Gibbon, after his separation at Tarma, on the 

 20th June, 1851, from Lieutenant Herndon, the senior officer of the ex- 

 ploring party. 



I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, your obedient 

 servant, 



J. C. DOBBIN. 



