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Barnard, U. Char 1 je B. SUutrdrk iiiit r ussmu Mfip toA f ngramngfi. L utier these circumstances I trust to be exculpated from the charge of ersoual vanity in appending herewith the letter of Major Bantard, whose prolonged stay on th 3 Isthmus precluded the iBsae of these pages over his own signature.
Nsw York, Fkb. I am, dear sir, very truly youia, J. Am'I Biyiwr. We have many interesting details of the history of Mexico from the earliest periods to the present day; but there is much with regard to her local Geography, Climate, and Natural Resonices, which yet remains to be written.
And in the establishment of a great national highway across the Istfamns of Tehnaatepec, a portion of the Mexican territory on which the hopes of her conqueror were centered, something is necea- saiy to be known beyond the mere arithmetical resnlts of instru- mental observations. These are Mthfiil representations, and give a better idea of the coontiy than any written detailed description.
Avery, Ist Assistant Engineer. My ackiiowledgmeuts are Ukewiae due to Dr. Antisell, oi Xew Yorlv, t r the absiiitaDce rendered me in preparing the articles on ieoiogy and Olimatfi.
