A GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNEY OF 2500 MILES, FROM QUEBEC TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, DURING THE YEARS 1874-5.
BY
NATHANIEL H. BISHOP,
AUTHOR OF "ONE THOUSAND MILES' WALK ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA," AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.
NEW YORK: CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM. EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS. 1882.
COPYRIGHT
1878,
By N. H. Bishop.
University Press: John Wilson & Son Cambridge.
TO THE
SUPERINTENDENT, ASSISTANTS, AIDS, AND ALL EMPLOYÉS OF THE
UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY BUREAU,
THE
"Voyage of the Paper Canoe"
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
AS A SLIGHT EVIDENCE OF THE APPRECIATION BY ITS AUTHOR FOR THEIR INTELLIGENT EFFORTS AND SELF-DENYING LABORS IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY, SO PATIENTLY AND SKILFULLY PERFORMED, UNDER MANY DIFFICULTIES AND DANGERS.