NOTES OF A BOTANIST 



CM A I'. 



1862. 



Aug. 20- 

 Uec. 31. 



1863. 

 Jan. i. 



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June-July- 

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Dec. 22. 



1864. 

 Jan. 26- 

 February- 

 March- 

 April 20. 



Reached Guayaquil this morning. From this date 

 to the end of the year at Guayaquil trying to 

 redeem some of my lost property. 



At 1 1 A.M. embarked on board the steamer for Peru. 



Reached Payta at 9 A.M. Hired mules, and at 6 P.M. 

 started to cross the desert by night. 



Reached Piura (48 miles) at 10 A.M. 



From this date I remained at Piura until the loth of 

 October. When, in consequence of rains in the 

 Andes, the dried-up bed of the river became over- 

 flowed (March 14) and ran with a considerable 

 stream to the sea for a few months, a scanty 

 vegetation appeared on its banks, of which I 

 secured specimens. 



Travelled from Piura back to Payta. 



From Payta to Amotape on the river Chira. 



From this date until the end of the year on the river 

 Chira; until December 22 at the village of 

 Amotape, afterwards at Monte Abierto, higher 

 up the valley. 



This day returned to Amotape. 



Remained there through the following months until 

 April 20, then journeyed to Payta by way of 

 Colan. 



Rest of month at Payta. 



Embarked for England on board the Pacific mail- 

 steamer. 



Reached Panama, 6 P.M. 



Across the Isthmus. 



Sailed. 



This morning landed at Southampton, after an 

 absence from England of 15 years all but 10 days. 



To Mr, George Bent ha in 



DAULE, NEAR GUAYAQUIL, March 9, 1861. 



My mode of working is this. When I bring 

 home freshly -gathered plants, I make notes on 

 them in books prepared for the purpose, and add 

 numbers. If any plant seems strange to me, I 

 keep flowers, etc., in water to await a spare interval 



May 



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