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I am bound to express in the strongest terms, my obligation to the government of Buenos Ayres for the obliging manner in which passports to all parts of the country were given me, as naturalist of the Beagle. This prophecy has turned out entirely and miserably wrong. 1845. Voyage dans l'Amerique Merid. par M. A. d'Orbigny. Part. Hist. tom. i. p. 664.
At ten passed a stream like the Neaulico, running to the Gambia; and shortly after came in sight of the first range of hills, running from S. S. W. to N. N. E., we came near them; and at half past eleven halted at Sooteetabba, a watering place within a mile of the hills. " Obser. Merid. Alt. 164 45 0 82 22 30 0 16 0 82 38 30 Diff. par. and ref. 0 0 7 82 38 23
M. Parchappe found that the saline incrustation on the plain, at the distance of some miles from the sea, consisted chiefly of sulphate of soda, with only seven per cent of common salt; whilst nearer to the coast, the common salt increased to 37 parts in a hundred. "Voyage dans l'Amerique Merid." par M. A. d'Orbigny. Part. The whole phenomenon is well worthy the attention of naturalists.
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