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land Gap and Blue Mountain peak at a distance of eight to ten 
miles. 
There are no human habitations above Cinchona, so that the 
Clyde River which supplies it with water, is pure and without 
sources of contamination ; a more healthful location could not be 
found in all the American tropics. There is a tropical laboratory 
located and built by a botanist (Mr. Thompson), easy of access, 
delightful in situation, which could furnish accommodations for 
eight or ten botanists at a time and at a normal cost for living. 
It ought to be possible to make this available for American stu- 
dents and furnish a second Buitenzorg on this side of the world. 
1G. 15. General view of Cinchona showing rose terraces, clumps of pampas grass 
and botanist’s residen 
In addition to acknowledgments made above I wish here to 
express my thanks to the Hon. William Fawcett, director of the 
public gardens and plantations, for the generous use of the her- 
barium and library, and the freedom of the grounds at Hope Gar- 
dens and for the Cinchona house and laboratories. To Mr. Wil- 
liam Harris and his family for very many suggestions of fields 
for work, and for his genuine br otherly solicitude for my comfort 
and welfare during my entire stay, my warmest thanks are due. 
