(ON THE re OF 
Tus Fever Bark or Combe, OR 
Huanuco BARK or COMMERCE. 
The principal districts of the bark col- 
lectors are situated on what is called the 
Montaña de Huanuco, that is in the woods, 
which, commencing near Ceja in the 
province of Guamalies, stretch eastward 
through the northern part of Huanuco, 
and especially abound in the Quebrado of 
Chinchao ; also filling the valleys of the 
mountains of Muña, Acomayo, and Pana- 
taguas, and losing themselves probably 
- near the Rio Pachitea. The Cascarilleros 
. of Huanuco range through the eastern 
side of the Andes in that province, and 
skirting ` the Rio Monzon, reap a rich har- 
vest in the valley of Huallaga, and in the 
extraordinarily deep valleys and defiles, 
such as the Quebradas of Chinchao and 
Cassapi, which every where intersect and 
divide the country in this direction. Be- 
yond the bounds that I have stated, the 
Cinchona trees grow in such a shrubby 
state that their bark, though powerful in 
quality, is unsuited for the purposes of 
commerce ; and to the north of the Hual- 
a again, where the valleys are close and 
its virtues are so deteriorated, as 
either to be entirely rejected by the mer- 
chants in Lima, or to fetch only a very 
inferior price, as it is easily distinguish- 
able from the true Huanuco bark. e 
same species of Cinchona is so much af- 
fected by a subalpine situation and warm 
temperature as to produce an entirely dif- 
ferent bark, a fact which I have verified 
_ by numerous experiments. 
al 
I; “contradicts himself hs stating, a few 
es r on, that the Cinchona from 
de Bracomoros was so bad that its 
CUCHERO AND HUANUCO. 
and temperature as the lower Huallaga, anc 
inferior Serien as what comes from Mayo- — 
Jalcas, at considerable elevations, are sent. 
to Truxillo, the natural port for the pro- — 
duce of this district, and bear a fair cha- — 
ee though the trade is only occasional . 
e bark from Mayobamba is very small, — 
which, even about Cuchero, possesses but JE 
little efficacy, and in the warmer atmos- - 
phere of Maynas is entirely inert. It was 
with these descriptions of bark that the 7 
cunning Peruvians deceived the rash and — 
eager people from Brazil, who, who after — 
having expelled the Spaniards, hoped to . 
realize and possess some of the fabled e 
treasures of Peru, by making extensive — . 
commercial enterprizes to Yurimagnasand ^ 
ayobamba. No wonder that the specu- : AP 
lators of Para cursed the Peruvian bark 
trade (see Martius’ Travels, vol. III. er 
p. 1178.), for the article that I found lying ij 
unsold at Para was the very worst that 
could be sent from Peru. Even now, the 
ignorance and grasping disposition of the 
first Brazilian speculators are the subject of 
ridicule at Mayobamba; and in Yurimag- — 
nas many hundred-weight of bad bark still 
lies rotting, to the ruin of the Sub-Prefect . 
of that province, who, having the first time 
shipped off a large cargo of this worth- 
less article, hoped to have accomplished 
the deception again, with equal success. — 
Barks from the territory of the Upper 
Huallaga have never found their way to — - 
the Brazils on the Marañon, for any com- 
munication between Cuchero and Taba- 
tinga is impossible and never existed; 
besides which, the commerce in Huanuco i 
had even ceased before the Brazilians had 
permission to come to Maynas. In the q 
province of Para, even under the flourish- : 
ing state cf trade, there are strong preju 
i of Peruvi 
Mont 
aña of Huanuco has always. been 
