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Title: Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N.W. Arctic Ocean in 1881: Botatical Notes
Notes and Memoranda: Medical and Anthropological; Botanical;
Ornithological.

Author: John Muir

Release Date: August 15, 2010 [EBook #33443]

Language: English

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THE EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FOR THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.

1882-'83.

IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES.

VOLUME 23.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
_1883._

47TH CONGRESS, } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. { Ex. Doc.
_2d Session_. } { No. 105.

CRUISE OF THE REVENUE-STEAMER CORWIN IN ALASKA
AND THE N. W. ARCTIC OCEAN IN 1881.

NOTES AND MEMORANDA: MEDICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL;
BOTANICAL; ORNITHOLOGICAL.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1883.

LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, IN RESPONSE TO

_A resolution of the House of Representatives transmitting the
observations and notes made during the cruise of the revenue-cutter
Corwin in 1881._

MARCH 3, 1883.--Referred to the Committee on Commerce and
ordered to be printed.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, _March_ 3, 1883.

SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of resolution of the
House, dated March 3, 1883, requesting that the Secretary of the
Treasury furnish, as soon as convenient, to the Speaker of the House
copies of documents in the possession of the Treasury Department
containing observations on glaciation, birds, natural history, and the
medical notes made upon cruises of revenue-cutters in the year 1881.

In reply, I transmit herewith the observations on glaciation in the
Arctic Ocean and the Alaska region, made by Mr. John Muir; notes upon
the birds and natural history of Bering Sea and the northwestern
region, by Mr.