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July 25. We left Estribo Camp early and were soon at the 
ae the hardest of all the ascents of the trip, that of Loma 
Regino. In 
and specimens of a lauraceous plant remarkable for its fragrant 
July 26. Walking all day long, we reached Sabicu Camp; 
unluckily very little time was left to collect again on that rich 
ridge. The next day, before getting ae to Yara river we 
cut down several interesting trees to obtain flower fs sia ala 
the ‘‘hilacho Sa). Ow. 
difficult to ean as it was a or roasting. The hall 
also a good amount of honey and mangos. All of which with 
We took our lunch at Casa de Piedra, a good aan = bathing 
and shaving, and took a eee eal. Soon after it began to rain 
jewily & nd we did not reach Nagua till ae at Hehe after 
having crossed on that i Yara river 26 times, and its affluents 
5 times. 
The following days were devoted to the drying of specimens 
after which I started to Yara with Mr. Bruner and Mr. Ballou, 
stopping only to climb on top of Cerro Pelado. The next night 
1 took the Havana train, taking with me the collection “of about 
630 field numbers 
Dr. Ekman ganained in Nagua for some time to a a ae 
interesting places, among them San Juan de Buena Vista— 
of Wright's localities— but he was much disapointed to find 
the place cultivated and grown over with guinea gra 
