from May 1, 1830, to April SO, 1840. 



" little town of Huasca near Anganguco. I was detained for three 

 " days in the mountains, through the federalists having entered 

 " that place with a view to overthrow the present Government. 

 " According to the last accounts received from Guatemala that 

 " country seems to be in an equally deplorable state ; the Blacks 

 " are said to be at war with the Whites, but it is expected that by 

 " the time I arrive there, their differences will be settled. 



" On the 2nd instant I left Real del Monte, after having des- 

 " patched the same day the articles collected there to the care of 

 " Messrs. Byrns and Co., Mexico, with the usual directions for for- 

 " warding them ; all the boxes with the exception of No. 23 — 26 

 " have left here for Vera Cruz a fortnight ago, and will probably be 

 " shipped soon, there being some hope that the merchant vessels 

 " off Vera Cruz will be allowed to unload. 



" Enclosed I send a detailed list of despatch H. S. 17-26. Of 

 " Pines I send a great variety ; of the five first I must leave it unde- 

 " cided whether they are varieties of each other, or whether their 

 " characters are strong enough to elevate them to the rank of 

 " species ; I sent therefore in every bag some branches to enable you 

 " to recognize them. No. 6, Pinus Teocote Schiede, 1 must recom- 

 " mend to another name, as the one attached to it is an erro- 

 " neous one, for I never could find a person who called it * Teocote' 

 " but always ' de ocote' or ' Pino de ocote' (candle wood pine,) and 

 " this is a very vague expression, all the pines without exception 

 " yielding the ocote. 



" I have made arrangements with Mr. Ehrenberg of Real del 

 " Monte to send to the Society with some other seeds, which I 

 " pointed out to him, some cones of the new Abies mentioned in a 

 " former letter, as well as of the ' Ayacahuite' a new species of 

 " Pine allied to P. Strobus and excelsa, with cones more than a foot 

 " long, for which I promised him the articles contained in the en- 

 " closed application." 



The boxes 17 to 26 (amongst which 23 and 24 contained dried 



