of the tins. contained Aga ге of the balsam, 
кы ioi a larger ~~ each 
ee twen s -five poun he 
ыы guum эы е that Ber. lot of ums had 
e from Plato only a day or two before, and 
Mompox we were: 
in Plato. This plaee is about a league further 
wn the river than Las Mercedes, and on its 
ess during my stay ther 
I had great y: in moi animals for the 
jaime; into the Montaña, —not a horse nor a mule 
dered ssary, as it is the usual custom 
here e tard o on t donkeys Toaed with 80 or 90105. 
of cargo bes = 
n rning o e 21st, [vea ot the 
donkeys and guide a scmbled _and ene 
ready, we started for the Montaña. ne side 
y own donkey was hung a bundle of paper 
and роагов tor drying specimens, and on the other 
m estera (niat for sleeping on), blankets, 
musquito net, and a change of clothes; that o 
the Some provisions for the journey 
and his own things d on foot, feel 
al to mount an animal not much 
igger than myself which seemed to be ead 
the poor donkey. e made about 18 miles pran 
e 
ны „>: 
twice my ma t, ode ome foot of the way. 
i the alis 
89? in the iade and the heavy load, T aid hol 
much envy his poor “ burro,’ 
We passed some balsam trees in = afternoon 
each with a lot of calabashes stuck on i t 
one — these trees, an aski 
were he said said they were “Ojos de a Igo palo de Ja 
Montaña, He: did not know еба although i 
ж 
-— 
d '8 journ | 
быы think not more than about 12 miles, The = 
balsam trees occurred occasionally during 
whole way. We stopped at a hut in the fan 
ded 
ay a 
€ а tree fe ; he dia t charg anything 
or the tree, чыз Een. ted that I KM y pay mi of 
his sons a dollar each for felling it. 
doli 
m of the lur и» d also a little d 1 1 
п form по eres The ir | 
ве ван эе: sufficiently show the difference pr Но 
foliage of the two trees, and it is also ег EROR 
M cem by the greater luxuriane 
youn s 
ae I STR already said, it is impossible "s 
the foliage of any of the trees unless LA ешп 
them; but I examined the le aflets uet 
up from the 
em 
balsam is ud d here by more than ones 
The young trees have always larger foli 
the va ones; but the difference was con 
the same as it was in the indiv 
ve 
small twig: 
covered with lichens. oping 
When a tree is about to be bled z E x 
idu are made in its trunk beoe t their Het 
peated all over the trunk at close interv: 
igh as a man са reach; I have seen 
20. cups a tree. The piece of bar d 
cups 1 have wid vill show the proces rt of. 
I сап describe it.’ When the lower pm 
cars anm m 
any fresh yo to be made, а ru 
times made round the tree and а new the 
notches sade higher up. , the 
ri о Hane as may be necessarii 
h e trees with 
aw hide, slung 
hese b 
tents of the desk. cups are sue 
