180 PROCEEDINGS ОЕ THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
have been on two different excursions, with t 
erent guides, in search of the balsam, but with. 
Both my gui 
out success ides profe ed to know 
e ing, and I fo to my со 
that neither of them knew уц at all about it 
uccessful as ahem age I have 
collected some orchids, &c., гл have got them 
packed and ready for = P Rasa expected here 
from u 
Dec. 16th, 17th. The steamer which ought to 
have passed here two days ago has been lost; but 
my plants. 
two days I have added two boxes to the lot. The 
steamer, by whieh I would probably have gone on 
up the river had my collections been dispatched 
passed to-d 
at least a fortnight I have determined to go down 
myself, ac} the steamer that takes the plants, to a 
place called Las Mercedes, thence to Plato by 
сапое. From Plato I атаана much balsam is 
exported, and the a day or tw m 
journey inland from ot Place, There I hop 
be more fortunate in finding it and тотай а за 
of pres 
The steamer arrived at about ten 
o'clock ii night, and after having embarked my 
plan went on board, and we left Mompox at 
© two o’clock in the fuia At eight I got 
ashore ercedes, and having a canoe in the 
afternoon to take me to Plato, I arrived there a 
little before 
ес, 19th ‚ 20%. ит, e animals to 
Wan me to at ae aha. I find the oe 
m frutes eom lentifully in the imme- 
diate Aba puce of the Мег E 
Dec. 218—261. Having at last got two 
keys and a guide with these, in Зы ult of cee 
animals I started on my journe ey to the Montaña. 
An aecount of that Арсы and its results I have 
already sent separately 
Dee. 27th, took : ‘canoe and returned to Las 
Mercedes ym finding that there would be no 
Dec, 29th. cot s: Mompox, and begun to 
ing my stay here, asd my ене to the 
Dec. 30th—Jan. 4th, Wai mpox for 
the steamer, which каре today eit ind I took 
ау passage to Barranca Vermeja, the nearest point 
т Sin 
he mouth of the river Sogam 
Е no longer exists, the river эр т E my a 
за ced of years ago, and the plae 
1 
1: —Tth. On the river, 
о 81—15 EE Barranca Vermeja. Durin 
: the ast weak T have made man Ned bot 
nd water, in the hopes of finding the _ 
by land a 
Smilax officinalis, but withont success, and Вауе 
mine sible an 
о 
lodendrons, Anthuriums, Ferns, &e. These І have . 
to-day packed up ready fo oe мена which is 
pass t 
ay. A 
6th—19th, I have es En for the - 
last three days in the ho ope of pane able to dis- 
зар NES ds. 0 boxes, M the steamer has not yet 
Iw 5 
upon, I was anxious to see the boxes put on 
my self. Unwilling to lose any more time, - 
ever, I have left the boxes with the man w 
supplies ce steamer with wood, giving strict 
g him strict 
che arges др fo: ста them by the теу е d ^ io 
t 
hired a canoe to 8 
arly насат ‘for "Pede al in the og T. 
the place where the village of Bojorques is said to — 
have stood, and found the pus so much grown пр 
that it ya жан. possible to effect a use 
much less to get about. Saw no indigne 
the Mad. г ‘sto oppe kr to Kor for. Pad з а 
dral (а place about two leagues 
of t : больж in the evening, a Lind: that I 
was well arrived, as several А Тап a daf 
opportunity of going on. І вес ured а d which 
Marta, a port at oy 8 ‘of the Serra, bey 
Jan. 218 Otek Oni the river all day during 
these к бх During the nights W ii e. 
shore. i 
the banks by th ng и water. 2d 
The g 23 on ek M low 
The ground on each side of the rive bd dee a 
when it begins 
caly = the left bank of = of the trees being 
covered with dense forest, ө also numerous spe? 
е 
of ni size. 
palms of large growth, and epee «оту. nit 
a 
P 
s are 
oung leaves of whie 
У 4 wW plent ШУ ей dy 
g the voyage up the ес : s 
plants of No. 84 Smilax sp-, and gather specimen 
in flower and in fruit, as also а lis 
er uit, as 
the root, although I fear it is not 0) p when 
It was late in the evening ОЁ 
