The engravings were immediately put in hands.

In this way, the work went rapidly on; and I kept up, at the same time, an industrious correspondence with scientific men in various places.
It was at this time an object of moment, doubtless, that the results of this expedition should have been combined in an elaborate and joint work by the scientific gentlemen of the party.

The topography and astronomy had been most carefully attended to by Captain Douglass, and the materials collected for an improved map.

Its geology and mineralogy had formed the topic of my daily notes.

Its aboriginal population had been seen under circumstances rarely enjoyed.