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,,„ vnTTOT?—Please to insert in your col 
account of an exploring P*. 
' ! ™ ,t avtio .-offiona, bv which i. appears that 
7 'Hp’^ans have made some progress in the 
the 1 us,.am lit5on s ; m ilar to the one 
P^'CTi^v fi Jnun.ber; differing only in 
' t ,r£Hntio>. of dog. lo draw the sledge .n 
i: 7, 0t ' 1 io i rTpe'at the question urged in 189, on 
, i-„ * sion, viz : How long will we remain 
t dino't miiet spectators of the noble enter- 
7;,7 „f the Russians, onr neat neighbors, with- 
out emulation anti without competition If ho- 
1 .. nr % thirst for knowledge and fame do not 
! n V "isl should; for the future extent 
o“our Irtuie in the north i’acifie. and the jnst 
and desirable boundaries of our territorial limits 
h “he north west, 1 now feel confident depends 
much on our prompt exertions m that quaitcr. 
Respectfully, 
JNO. OLFaVES SYMMES. 
Newport, Ky. July 29th, 1822. 
THOM A LONDON PAPtW. 
Russian Discoveries, —In the year 
1820, a journey of discovery by land was 
ordered by the government, to explore the 
extreme north and north-east of Asia.— 
* Lieutenants Wrangle and Anjou, ot the 
navy, were chosen for this expedition.— 
After having made the necessary prepara¬ 
tions, they departed for Neukolyma, in 
the north-eastern part of Siberia. On 
the 19th of February, 1821, they left 
Neukolyma in sledges, drawn by dogs, 
when the cold was 33 deg. Reaumur, in 
order to ascertain the position of Sche- 
haladskoi-Noss, which eapt. Barney late-j 
iy conjectured might be an isthmus, join¬ 
ing Asia with the continent of America. 
The travellers succeeded in determining 
the whole coast astronomically, going 
themselves entirely around the coast, and 
proceeding a day’s journey farther to the 
west.; thus convincing themselves that 
Asia and America arc not united there by 
an isthmus. On the 13th‘March, the ex¬ 
pedition returned to Neukolyma. On the 
22d of March, Mr. Wrangle undertook 
another journey likewise on sledges drawn 
joy dogs, with ten companions, j n the di- 
Jrection to the north, i* order t 0 i ook f or 
