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Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of the Late James G. Cooper of Hayward, Alameda California
Lewis' and Clarke's explorations to the head waters Of the Missouri River made known to us that vast expanse Of territory known as the Northwest and Audubon, Nut tall and Townsend were the first to describe and make known its zoology. The exploration Of Maj. Long in 1870, of which Dr. Edwin James was the scientist, reached to the south and west Of the territory covered by Lewis and Clark, but did not to any great extent enlarge our knowledge of its zoology, as James was a better bot anist than zoologist. To a certain extent the same may be remarked respecting the explorations Of Fremont. The botany of these several surveys and explorations was particularly elaborated by Torrey, Gray, James and Eaton, while the zoology was not so thoroughly elabor ated.
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