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<br />'ACADF.~IY OF NATURAL SCIEKCES,
<br />, Philaddjlhia, January 25, 1853.
<br />DE.'il SIR: lha,'e the honor of submitting to you the following rel'ortofthe
<br />natural history of the country over which your commtlnd passed, on the route
<br />through Te:ms and New l\Iexico to ZllIii, tlt which "lace the dllties of explora-
<br />tion commenced. '
<br />The cau'se of the delay of this report has heen owing to the detention of my
<br />eollecliolls,which did not arrive uulil late la.t /iLlI. I 'have urged the comple-
<br />tion of. it with llll po"~ible disptltch, tlud am now 'HlI'PY to iuform you of its
<br />completion.
<br />I have lllso taken the liberty of introducing much of the nlllluuJ historJ' of
<br />Indian territory, in Which country 1 hlld the honor to be atlached toa party
<br />\Inder your command, in a similar capacity, ill the yellr 1849, Ilnd under Lieu-
<br />, tenn.nt J. C. Woodruff in the year 1850.
<br />, I was so unfortllImte in the preservation of the lllrge collection of Coleopterous
<br />lnaeelJl made whilsl on the Creek boundary expedition, (which were much dalll-
<br />tged, owing to the difficulties of trnnsporttllion,) Ilnd hecllllle AO disheartened,
<br />,1IjiLl I did not attempt it on the present occa.ion,
<br />"'(".,Ori Iny irrival in Texas, a~d during lilY Atay at San Antonio, 1 suffered much
<br />"tr61rt intemlittent fever, which was the callAe of the 10SR to me of much time
<br />'~hal. might bave bce~ prolltably spent in the pursuit of lilY favorite studies, for
<br />,Ultit eountry offers a great field for the naturalist':'
<br />':t:Tbo party lell Sa.n Antonio on the 7th of l\1B}',pll.~ing over the road I."i.d out
<br />lerthe ~irection of Bvt. Lieut. CO)\. J. E. J"hIlRtou, U. S. Topographical
<br />, 'tnref8\:.illtbe yenr 1849, from Slln Anlonio to EI Paso, along which 1 made
<br />tJe.dtl~hirbr considerable interest in the different dcpartm~nb~ of nn.tural his-
<br />~;.J~cj~i\lifig ,qlltldrupeds, birds, reptiles, and plants; IiJr full descriptions of
<br />, "Jjl:hJl,'~.fer you to the llecompanyiug papers of thiR report.
<br />.JIlt,"Yrfgbt,lln enterpriaing botanist, .hlls pllsscd over thia route sever,,:1 times,
<br />'d tllO planlJl Jlllve beendeacribed by Doctors Torrey /t1ll1 Gray, many of which
<br />Tt! been already pllblish~d hy them ill tho Slllith~ollilln Contributiona, under
<br />Jitle" PlautII'! 'Wrighlianre."
<br />''''I" liOuntry Is exceellingly rich in reptiles, several of which in my colI~clion
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<br />,~:AmOng.lhe hii'd'., two i fOlmd on e.~alllination to be new, o,nd pe\'erlll others
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<br />,tJ,.;:~riioha9 dCBcribell, in the proceedings 'of tho Academy of Natural
<br />,'~'~t.rhillldolphill, a beautiful and large Trolll/Jidimn, which he calls
<br />'li,I~,:~a~lUiwl/l, and which I found in this country.
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