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received information of this, he returned speedily to Sandia to se- 
cure all, that the plants might not suflfer from the air and heat. 
On arriving, he found about 400 Calisaya plants, although not all 
of the strength for which he had agreed. The person who brought 
them must have had a very difficult journey to arrive at Sandia 
with this precious cargo. 
*' We shall not here enumerate the difficulties and dangers with' 
w'hich Mr. Hasskarl and that precious burden had to contend be- 
fore he had accomplished a distance of 150 leagues, to bring those 
objects in a safe state to ^a place of shipment. The necessary 
means were contrived and put in action to obtain the seeds pro- 
mised, but in this he was not able to succeed. The person who had 
undertaken to secure them, and to follow him on his arrival at San- 
dia, to Arequipa and Islay, and for which sufficient travelling ex- 
penses were allowed, did not come ; at the same time, the interest 
that was felt in keeping the plants alive did not admit of delay. 
" In the packing of the plants several circumstances required at- 
tention ; first, the plants were to be made sufficiently damp to be 
able to reach the coast without drying up, notwithstanding the 
strong drying winds, and the almost perpendicular rays of the sun. 
Particularly was it necessary to protect them against this last, 
against the great warmth during the day ; while on the other, it 
was equally necessary to guard these precious objects against the 
other extreme, the cold of the evenings and nights, which on those 
mountains is sufficiently severe. Just in the months from June 
till August, the water on the high table-lands (particularly at 
night) is frozen to ice. If it had been the aim of the indefatigable 
traveller to transport the plants set in earth, the w^eight, and the 
consequently increased number of beasts of burden, would have 
caused more hindrances ; the plants themselves, but particularly 
their roots, would certainly have been injured by the continual 
shaking of the animals. It was also necessary, in other points of 
view, to provide for the plants in such manner that they should not 
have to suffer ; considering that large plants were difficult to pre- 
serve from the injurious external influences before mentioned. The 
sprigs were closely packed together, with the roots in damp moss ; 
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