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that have attended the quest of the Quito Cinnamon. 

 I know nearly all the people whose names are men- 

 tioned, and I have no doubt his relation is exact, 

 for I know well the simple and truthful character 

 of the man. . . . 



" After all the time, etc., Santander has lost, I do 

 not think we can ask him any more." 



Thus ends the quest for botanical specimens of 

 one long-known tree whose scented bark is still an 

 object of commerce, but which grows only in a 

 limited district of the great forests at the foot of the 

 Andes of Ecuador. 



The following interesting paper was sent to 

 the Linnean Society in 1867, and published in 

 the Society's Journal, vol. ix. (pp. 346-367), under 

 the following title: "Notes on some Insect and 

 other Migrations observed in Equatorial America. 

 By Richard Spruce, Esq. Communicated by the 

 President." 



This title, however, does not convey an idea of 

 its whole subject, which is almost as much botanical 

 as zoological, the first portion of it containing an 

 admirable sketch of the broader aspects of the 

 vegetation of the Great Amazon Valley and adjacent 

 regions. I have therefore subdivided the paper 

 under separate headings, and have omitted a few 

 of the less interesting details.] 



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In endeavouring to trace the distribution of 

 plants in the Amazon valley, and to connect it with 



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