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tude. A number of small streams spring up in the bar- 
rancos and water the valleys. The cultivation is extended 
with success to the tops of the hills. This sudden trans- 
ition was, as usual, very striking in the plants, which in- 
duced me to represent in a table their physical and geo- 
graphical distribution.* Whether the still higher parts of 
Pico Antonio might possess a third physical diversity we 
could. not determine, but this is hardly probable. The 
whole number of the different plamts collected did not 
exceed eighty, among which about a dozen are new 
species, and perhaps one new genus. We did not see any 
of the green monkeys that inhabit the steep hills in great 
number, but many of them were brought on board by the 
inhabitants. It was near noon. We waited a long while 
for Corea, and sent Lockart to fetch him. Corea return- 
ed by another road, and we waited again a long while for 
Lockhart, but resolved at last to leave a direction for him 
to follow, and to hasten back on our return. At Faaru 
we hired two jack-asses in order to save time, and gallop- 
ed off by a shorter way across the plain. But I almost 
swore never more to make use of these animals, because 
by being obliged to beat them continually, our arms were 
as much fatigued as our feet would have been by running. 
Lockhart arrived nearly as soon as ourselves. ‘The officers 
and the marines were on shore; and on being informed that 
the vessels were not to put to sea until the wind was fair, 
we walked quietly back again to the town, to remain there 
during the night. It was on the eve of Maunday Thursday. 
* See Table at the end of the Section. 
