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Transcriber's note:

Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).

By Lieut. L. Gibbon U. S. N.
Lith. of P.S. Duval & Co. Phil.]

33d CONGRESS,} HO. OF REPS. {EXECUTIVE,
1st Session.} { No. 53.

EXPLORATION
OF THE
VALLEY OF THE AMAZON,

MADE UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT,
BY
WM. LEWIS HERNDON AND LARDNER GIBBON,
LIEUTENANTS UNITED STATES NAVY.