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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 plants 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 Ions; 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 Avay across the plain. But I almost 

 swore never more to make use of tliese animals, because 

 by being obliged to beat them continually, our arras 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 \^essels 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 ]\Iaunday Thursdaj. 



* See Table at the end of the Section. 



