500 NOTES OF A BOTANIST CHAP. 



The abbreviations made use of in the map are : 

 C for Cerro (mountain), Cord a for Cordillera (ridge), 

 Mont" for Montana (forest), A for Arroyo (rivulet), 

 L a for Laguna, and C a for Cocha (lake), Far" for 

 Farallon (peak or promontory), H a for Hacienda 

 (farm), and C 1 for Corral (cattle or sheep-fold). 



Mule-tracks (called by the innocent natives 

 " roads ") are represented by double red lines, and 

 footpaths by single lines. I have copied them by 

 dotted lines. 



Having now passed in review the principal 

 physical features of the district, let us return to the 

 Derrotero of Valverde, of which the following is a 

 translation. The introductory remark or title (not 

 in very choice Castilian) is that of the copyist : 



" The ' Derrotero' or Guide to the Hidden Trea- 

 sure of the Incas. Translated by Richard Spruce." 



TITLE 



GUIDE OR ROUTE WHICH VALVERDE LEFT IN SPAIN, 

 WHERE DEATH OVERTOOK HIM, HAVING GONE 

 FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF LLANGANATI, WHICH 

 HE ENTERED MANY TIMES, AND CARRIED OFF A 

 i.REAT QUANTITY OF GOLD ; AND THE KlNG 

 COMMANDED THE CORREGIDORS OF TACUNGA 

 AND AMBATO TO SEARCH FOR THE TREASURE : 

 WHICH ORDER AND GUIDE ARE PRESERVED IN 

 (>\E OF THE OFFICES OF TACUNGA 



THE GUIDE 



' Placed in the town of Pillaro, ask for the farm 

 of Moya, and sleep (the first night) a good distance 

 above it ; and ask there for the mountain of Guapa, 



