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pendant branches of fruit ; the orange-tree, enam- 

 elled with green and white and gold ; the pome- 

 granate, with its crimson bell ; the shady chirimoya, 

 breathing aroma in the evening breeze ; the trail- 

 ing grandilla, stretching from tree to tree, and 

 seeking support for its slender and laden branches ; 

 the luxuriant vine, creeping over trellises and hiding 

 beneath its cooling leaves the luscious grape ; all 

 these, and many others, abound in every garden of 

 the broad and fertile plain watered by the Eimac. 

 What an Elysium for the naturalist ! 



Having despatched his second collection to 

 Europe, Dombey returned to Huanuco in the 

 month of December 1780. There, to the other 

 difficulties of his situation, were added the horrors 

 of a desolating civil war. The Indians rose in in- 

 surrection under the leadership of Tupac Amaru, 

 who claimed to be a descendant of the last of the 

 Incas. The popularity of his cause soon attracted 

 to his standard a multitude of undisciplined Indians, 

 whose desperate valour, of which even the women 

 partook, seemed for a time to counterbalance the 

 discipline, the arms, and the skill of their op- 

 ponents. The town of Huanuco was in the utmost 

 consternation ; a man of courage and energy like 

 Dombey could not remain inert at such a moment ; 

 he made his appearance at the general council of 

 the inhabitants, and warmly urged the Spaniards 



