304 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
J.ITERATURE. 
To show the more important pubHcations on the exploration, botanical col- 
lecting, and geography of Venezuela, the following bibliography is added. 
Geography of Venezuela. 
Note. — • The following are selected from a list of about fifty books on Venezuela, and 
include, it is believed, all that are of any value to the botanical worker. 
Anonymous. 
'24. Letters written from Colombia during a journey from Caracas to 
Bogota. G. Corvie & Co.: London, 1824, 208 pp., map. 
Gives description of the route as to forests, meadows and cliffs, as to 
agriculture, towns, etc. 
*73. Memoria de la Direccion general de estadistica al Presidento de 
los Estados Unidos de Venezuela en 1873. Impr. Nacional: Caracas, 
1873, 3 vols. 
Very complete as to geography and commerce. 
Andre, Eugene. 
'04. A naturalist in the Guianas. Scribner's Sons: New York, 1904, 
310 pp., 32 pis., map. 
Andre went on two expeditions up the Orinoco and Caura Rivers. 
Benard, Charles. 
'97. Le Venezuela. Impr. G. Gounouilhou: Bordeaux, 1897, 106 pp., 
map. 
Gives heights of movnitains, length of rivers and drainage area, table 
of temperatures, agriculture, and animals. 
Caulin, Antonio. 
1779. Historio coro-graphica natural y evangelica de la Nueva Anda- 
lucia, prov. de Cumana, Guayana y vertientes del rio Orinoco. J 
De San Martin: Madrid 1779, 482 pp., 3 pis., map. 
A natural history, including descriptions of the rivers. 
Cazeneuve, Paul de and Francois. 
'88. Les Etats-Unis de Venezuela. Sauvaitre : Paris, 1888, 300 pp., 
map. 
A good map, a very good guide containing population of many cities, 
courses and lengths of many rivers, medicinal plants, and history. 
Codazzi, Agustin. 
'41. Resiimen de la geografia de Venezuela. Impr. de H. Founder y 
Compia: Paris, 1841, 648 pp. 
The most complete geographical work on Venezuela. 
