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languages most in use, both of which he has given to me, 

 and which will be a great addition to the knowledge of the 

 languages spoken on the Ucayali. The author being an ex- 

 cellent Spanish and Latin scholar, they may be depended on. 

 as exact. I do not expect to reach Lima before December 

 next; where I hope to hear that the Reform Bill has been of 

 some benefit to England. Did the British government but 

 possess this part of America, her superabundant population, 

 by means of the Maranon, might find food and employment, 

 quicker and with less risk than at Swan River. 



It is impossible to say what are the riches and products of 

 this province, seeing that only the banks of the rivers are as 

 yet known. Though not a perfect plain, as has been represented, 

 the hills are moderate, and covered with timber. The hill 

 on which this town stands (Lamas) contains quicksilver ore, 

 and four kinds of earth which they use here for painting, o'' 

 excellent quality, and colour so fine, that they require but little 

 grinding for use. The temperature is particularly fine : the 

 thermometer ranges from 70° to 85°, which is its highest in 

 the shade, and the place is free from those diseases common to 

 the humid parts of the tropics. 



Ciudad de Lamas, Minas, Interior of Peru, June 14. 1834. 

 {Received on Nov. 10. 1835.] 



[The present account is continuous to one by Mr. Mathews, 

 sent by us to the Analyst, see vol. iii. of that work, p. 36 — 42., 

 No. xiii. Oct., 1835. Other notices by Mr. Mathews, since 

 he left England, are in our VI. 314 — 319., and VII. 633, 

 634. See, in relation to the last, VIII. 470.] 



Art. III. On the Quinary, or Natural, System of M'Leay, 

 Stvainson, Vigors, fyc. By Peter Rylands, Esq. 



(Continued from p. 138., and concluded.') 



The third and fourth propositions of the Quinary System 

 now remain only to be discussed. The fifth, being merely a 

 matter of choice, and professing not to have any particular 

 influence on the system being natural, we shall leave unno- 

 ticed. They are as follows : — '3d, " The contents of such a 

 circular group are symbolically, or analogically, represented 

 by the contents of all other circles in the animal kingdom. 

 4th, That these primary divisions of every group are charac- 

 terised by definite peculiarities of form, structure, and eco- 

 nomy, which, under diversified modifications, are uniform 



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