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with a magnificent canopy, adorned with 
two flags, and which was brought upon a 
carriage thai preceded the others. They 
then began to read and sing the sacred 
book, to the sound of trumpets, cymbals, 
drums, and bells. Before the conclu- 
sion of the ceremony, the’ principal 
lamas saluted the great chief of the 
Choringians, and his. retinue, with small 
books, with which they at the same time 
struck themselves on the head, and the 
chief bowed respectially. The principal 
lamas then rose, and commenced their 
journey; stopping from time to time to 
shew their respect to the sacred objects 
which they were escorting. In this — 
maaner they went in procession before 
them the whole way. At length, after a 
journey of fifteen days, they reached the 
river Ona, on the banks of which the 
great chief resides. It is 370 ‘wersts 
from this place. The chiefs of the 
eleven tribes, and several thousands of 
the Burztes, had assembled to receive 
the Sans Hur and the Burchan. The 
solemnities continued several days, 
during which, all the people met to hear 
the mysterious book read. The Chorin-. 
zians are said to have given a great quan- 
tity of furs and cattle to procure this 
book, to which they attach such great 
value. 
SOUTH AMERICA. 
Accounts from Santa Fé, in New Gre- 
nada, dated August 19, 1809, mention 
the death of the celebrated Muris, the 
friend of Linnzus, and one of the great- 
est botanists of the age. This venerable 
and worthy man, had devoted upwards 
of fifty years to the examination of the 
vegetable productions of America. At- 
tached at first as physician to the vice- 
roy, the count of Casa Flores, he began 
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at his own expense to have drawings 
made by native painters, formed by him- 
self, for the Flora of Bagota. This grand 
work he continued and greatly ex-. 
tended, singe he was appointed director 
of the botanieal expedition of New Gre- 
nada. -He had collected in his house 
considerable herbaries, more than i500 
coloured drawings of new plants, phile- 
sophical and astronomical instruments, 
and a collection of botanical works, in~ 
ferior only to that of the illustrious pre- 
sident of the Royal Society of Londow. 
M. Rea, one of Matis’s pupils, 1s the 
present director of the botanical garden 
of Madrid. His nepbew, Don Sintorosa 
Matis, has been commissioned by the 
‘government to complete the Flora of 
Bagoia, for which no more than 566 
descriptions of new species, have been 
found drawn up by the deceased. 
Messrs. Mutis and Risa, two distin- 
guished artists, natives of Santa Fe, are 
finishing the numerous drawings that 
_were begun. M. Mutis, who in bis old 
age had embraced the ecclesiastical pro- 
fession, was equally distinguished for the 
variety and solidity of his attainments, 
and for the liberality and elevation of lus 
sentiments. Previous to his death, tre 
directed that his library, collections, anal 
instruments, should be apphed to the 
public use of his fellow-citizens. Hurope 
is indebted to him for the important dis- 
covery of the Quinquina of New Grs- 
nada, The orange-coloured Quinguina 
of Santa Fé (cinchona lancerfolia ),whici 
is not inferior in quality to the bark of 
Loxa (cinchona conduminea ), has become 
an important branch. of commerce at 
the ports of Carthagena and Sania 
Martha. 
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