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" a more satisfactory kind ; the ringleaders of the rebellion are said 

 " to have accepted of some lucrative situations under Government 

 " and promised to be quiet for the future. With regard to my pro- 

 " ceeding to Guatemala people also differ widely in opinion, some 

 " recommend me to embark at Acapulco for Guayaquil and back to 

 " Irtapa, others by way of Havannah to Belize and thence to Gua- 

 " temala and some as the least round about and least expensive to 

 " go by Chiapas, which in fact is my favourite plan. In a few days 

 " the post passes through here for Guatemala, when I shall write to 

 " Mr. Skinner and ask his opinion on the subject, as well as the 

 " present state of that country ; in the mean time I shall have ample 

 " occupation here. 



" I have presented myself to Mr. Ashburnham, but it was 

 " not in his power to serve me with any thing, he having no corres- 

 " pondents in Guatemala, nor are there any English residents on 

 " the road beyond this town ; but the Prussian Minister M. V. 

 " Gerolt, at Mr. Parkinson's request, furnished me with a dozen 

 " letters of introduction to very respectable persons in various parts 

 " of Guatemala. 



" On the 2d instant I left Mexico in company with Mr. Smith, 

 " who brought a convoy, and I arrived here safely yesterday. I have 

 " addressed letters to several persons, requesting them to make fresh 

 " collections of handsome plants, but I think it will have very little 

 " effect, they having but little inclination for scientific pursuits 

 " during their hours of leisure." 



No. 29. — Hacienda del Carmen in the Sierra of Oaxaca, Api*il 

 17 th, 1839. — "During the last month I have made an excursion to 

 " the Sierra in search of Orchidaceae, and upon my return to Oaxaca, 

 " a fortnight ago, the mozo was taken so ill with severe rheumatism 

 " and swelling at the joints that I sent him to the hospital, where 

 " he is now recovering, and I too, after a trip to Mitla, returned ill, 

 " suffering from headache, attended with a little fever, but cured 

 " myself, and got well again in about four days. 



