The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-26

from the Etineiald,, Mears. II. and Il. wen
down the Oronoco, when the waters rofe. to.
wards ITS mouth Ak St. Thomas &c In Guov.n.
or the Angoitura. 1t was during this long r3yj-
gat'on 'hat they were IN continued Rate of I'M:
tering, nom want OF nouriihmeut and D,elt.-
from the night rains, from living in the woods
rom the muiquetoes, and an infinite variety oe
ltineing iniscts, and from the impof!ibili,v ofb,
thing, owing to the herceneiS of the croco,I;l.
and the little crab tiih. and finally the miasrn,
OF burning climate. They returned to Cu,,,.
ma by the plains of Carl and the milton of the
Carab Indians, 4 race of men very different from
any other, and probably, after the Pat1gonisus.
the talle!t and mof robul in the world
After remaining io,ne months al New BARGE
Iona and Cumana, the travellers arrived a, tb,.
HAVANA, after tedious and dangerous navica-
non, the veiiel being in the night on the point of
'triking upon the Vibora rocks. Mr. H. remain
ed three months in the inand of Cuba, where he
occupied himielf in entertaining the longitude
OF the Havana, and in conifrtltfiny Royes on
the 1ugar plantations, which have 6nce been
pretty generally adopted. They were on the
point Oh letting OH TOR Vera Cruz, meaning, bv
the way OF Mexico and Acapulco. to 90 to ,iI.
Philippine iilands, and from thence, if # wac
Pofiible, by Bombay and Aleppo, to Conitanti-
nopie, when Tome talfe reports relative to RIM
din's voyage alarmed them, and made them
change their plan. The gaZettes held out the
idea that this navigator would proceed from
France to Buenos Ayres, and from thence bv
Cape Horn, for Chill and the coat of Peru. Mir.
HHnboldt had promiied to Mr.. Bandin. and to
,ile Muleum OF Paris, that wherever he might
be, ne would endeavour TO ioin the expedition.
as foon as he fhould know of its having beey
commenced. L. hattered himfelf that his re-
iearcnes, and thote of his friend BonpIand.
might be more uieful TO fcience if united to
the labors OF the learned men who would ac.
company capt. Baudin.
Ihefe coniiderations induced Mr.. Humboldt
to lend his manuscripts, for 1899 and 800, di-
rect to Europe, and to freight fmall fchoon,,
at Batabano, intending to go to Carthagena and
from thence, as quickly as poiiible, by the I(th.
mus of Panama, to the South Sea. He hoped
TO ind capt. Baudin at Guayaquil, or at Lima,
and with him to Wifi New Holland, and the
iiiands of the Pacific Ocean, equally intereting
IN moral point of view, as by the uXuriance of
their vegetation.
1t appeared impruGent to expofe the manu-
icapts and collections already made to the riiks
OF this propoied navigation. Thefe manu-
icrpts, the fate of which Mr.. H. remained igno-
rant during three years, and until his arrival i'm
Philadelphia, arrived fate but one third part of
the collection was loft, by ihipwreck.-
nately Except the infe6ts of the Oronoco and of
the Rio Negro) they were only duplicates but
unhappiiy friar John Gonzales, monk ofthe Or
der of 81. Francis, the friend to whom they
were entruNed, perifhed, with them. He was a
young man full of ardor, who had penetrated
INTO this unknown world of Spaniih Guyana
further than any other European.
Mr.. Humboldt left Batabano in March. 1901.
and paiied TO the fouth of the ifland OF Cuba, on
which he determined many geographical pofiti-
ons. The pafiage was rendered very long by
Gains, and the currents carried the little fchoon-
er too much to the wet, to the mouth ofthe
Attracto. The vefel put into the river Sinu.
which no botanif had ever before viited, and
they had very difficult paflage up to Cartha-
eena. The feafon being too far advanced for the
South Sea navigation, the project of crofIing the
ifthmus was abandoned and animated with the
dehre OF being acquainted with the celebrated
Nuts, and admiring his immeniely rich colIec-
tons OF objects of natural hifory, MIR. Fl. deter
mined to pats fome weeks in the woods of Tur-
baco, and aicend (Which took 40 days. the beau
ttu river of Madeaipe, of the courfe of which
he jketched chart.
From Honda, our travellers attended through
forefts of oaks, ofmelqROma and of ebineonu (the
tree which affords the Peruvian bark to st. Fe
de Bogota, capital of the kingdom of New Gre
NADIA, iituated in fine plain, elevated $50 totes
lof Tx French feet) abovethe levelof thcfea. The
fuperb collections of Nuts, the maeftic cataract
OF the Iequedama falls of % totes height) the
mines of Mariquita, st. Ana, and of Zipaouira,
the natural bridge of Scononza, three fones
thrown together in the manner of an arch, bv an
earthquake, thefe curious objects topped the
P.rrogreis of Mefirs. Humboldt and Bonpland un-
til the month of September, 1901.
At this time, notwithstanding the rainy feafon
had commenced, they undertook the Journey to
Quito, and Pafied the Andes of Ouindu, which
are fnowy mountains covered with wax palm
trees, painters cire, with pafie flores, PATTON
flowers of the growth of trees, fork, and barn-
buia, bamboo. They were during 9 days, OBJ
iiged 10 pals on foot through places dreadfully
fwampy, and without any traces of population
ITO be continned.)