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escaped my notice when first passing through that place. Upon a 

 nearer examination I found that on the " Crusta," or ascent from 

 San Luis Obispo, only one kind of Pine is growing on the brow 

 of the mountains, which proved to be P. macrocarpa. 



From San Luis we returned to San Antonio, over a flat and 

 uninteresting road, and thence to Monterey, where we arrived 

 on the 18th of October. 



On October the 25th I again left Monterey, with my former 

 guide, to visit the continuation of the San Antonio range of moun- 

 tains, which, from the nature of the ground on that side, I 

 attempted now by a different route. Following along the sea- 

 coast over a succession of hills intersected by numerous deep 

 ravines, we found our furtlier progress impeded on the third day 

 by the extreme steepness of the range. The only objects derived 

 from this excursion were some very fine cones of Pinus macro- 

 carpa, some measuring 15 inches in length ; they were growing 

 on trees 30 to 40 feet high, in rather exposed situations, at an 

 elevation of about 4000 feet above the level of the sea. 



By the beginning of November we returned to Monterey ; the 

 rainy season being now close at hand, and having no more ex- 

 cursions to make, I prepared to return to Europe with my col- 

 lection. 



Owing to the little traffic carried on between California and 

 the western ports of Mexico or central America, I did not pro- 

 cure a passage before the 5th of February, when I embarked on 

 board the Hawaian schooner ' S. S.' bound for Mazatlan, and 

 thence to the coast of Central America. After a run of twelve 

 days we arrived at Mazatlan, where I learned that it would be 

 extremely hazardous to pass across Mexico with my collection 

 during the present disturbed state of that country ; I therefore, 

 after a detention of a few days, proceeded in the ' S. S.' tolztapa, 

 the port of Guatemala, where we arrived on the 16th of March. 

 On the following day I landed with my collection and luggage, 

 and having easily procured mules to go on to Guatemala, distant 

 100 miles, I arrived there on the third day, accompanied by the 

 supercargo, an American gentleman, who was proceeding to the 

 United States. Half an hour's talk with my old friends, who were 

 very glad to see me once more, convinced me of the necessity of 

 retracing my steps to Iztapa, as the country is in a very unsettled 

 state. Tlie same party who, during my former stay in that country, 

 had raised Carrera to power, were now opposed to him, and lield 

 possession of the road by which I ought to pass in order to reach 

 the British settlement of Honduras. Under these circumstances 

 I returned with my companion to Iztapa, and embarked once 

 more on board the ' S. S.' for Realejo in the state of Nicaragua, 

 where we arrived on the 1st of April. On the 5th we set out on 



