176 The Andes and the Amazon. 



Indians must be paid in such currenc}^ There lienzo, not 

 gold and silver, is the cry. On this we made a small but 

 lawful profit, paying in Quito eighteen cents per yard, and 

 charging on the river twenty-five. 



An extensive culinary apparatus, guns and ammunition, 

 taxidermal and medicinal chests, physical instruments, in- 

 cluding a photographic establishment, rope, macheta, axe, 

 saw, nails, candles, matches, and a thousand et cwtera, com- 

 pleted our outfit. Among the essential et ccetera were gen- 

 erous passports and mandatory letters from the President 

 of Ecuador and the Peruvian Charge d' Affaires, addressed 

 to all authorities on the Napo and the Maranon. They 

 were obligingly procured for us b}^ Senor Hui-tado, the 

 Chilian minister (then acting for the United States), through 

 the influence of a communication from our own govern- 

 ment, and were of great value to the expedition,* 



* The following is a copy of the President's order : 



REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR. 



Ministeria de Estado ) Quito a IS de Octubre,) 



en el Despacho del Interior. ] de 1867. / 



APERTORIA. 



A las autoridades del transito hasta el Nape, i a los demas empleados civi- 

 les i militares de la provincia del Oriente : 



El Sor. James Orton, ciudadano de los EE. UU. de Ame'rica, profesor de la 

 Universidad de Rochester en Nueva-York, i jefe de una comision cientifica 

 del Instituto de Smithsonian de Washington, va a la pro-\nncia de Oriente con 

 el objeto de esplorarla en cumplimiento de su encargo. S.E. el Presidenta de 

 la Repiiblica ordena a U.U. presten al espresado Sor. Orton i su comitiva cu- 

 antas consideraciones merecen sus personas, i los ausilios i co-operacion que 

 necesiten para verificar su viaje i hacer sus estudios i observaciones. 

 Dios gue. a U. U. 



R. Carva.tal. 



