406 Report on the progress of the Horticultural Society, 



were a species of Echeveria, a species of Cycas, and another of 

 Zamia, all now alive. 



Of seeds there were 49 kinds, which, having been recently sown, 

 have not yet germinated. 



No. 34. — Quezaltenango, November 9th, 1839. — " I beg to 

 " inform you that I arrived here on the 26th of last month, 

 " having been a longer time on the road than I calculated at first, 

 " owing to the rains having set in later than usual, and keeping on 

 " till the beginning of this month, a circumstance not known for 

 " many years. Upon the whole the journey has been rather unfor- 

 " tunate ; the runaway horse, mentioned in my last letter, I never 

 " recovered, but received another for it from the Administrador of the 

 " Hacienda, and the other exhausted horse, which had served me on 

 " all my excursions since I left Guanajuato, had an inflammation in the 

 " eyes, and fell down the barrancas several times in ascending the 

 " ' Gineta,' until I left him to his own fate. At the Hacienda de 

 " Juncana, six leagues from Comitan, the mo%o, who accompanied me 

 " from Oaxaca, was taken ill of fever, and unable to proceed ; I 

 " then paid him off, and gave him, according to contract, a horse to 

 " return on, and money for the road. There I lost several days in 

 " getting another servant, and when I finally left, T was overtaken by 

 " four bandit-like soldiers, who were sent after me to examine my 

 " luggage, which they did in a most brutal manner, tearing up every 

 " thing, and, notwithstanding the passports for luggage, money, and 

 " arms, all of which had been signed in passing through Comitan, I 

 " was taken prisoner with money and arms to that place, where at the 

 " Custom-house I had every thing restored to me immediately ; then 

 " I complained to the commander of the place of the ill-treatment I 

 " received, and of not respecting my passport ; and told him plainly 

 "that if he could not render me justice I must seek it somewhere 

 " else. He then confronted me with the offenders, and the officer 

 " who sent them after me, and ultimately I had the satisfaction of 

 " having them sent to prison. 



