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each packet was wrapped in the bark of Pisang stalks, and fasten- 
ed with sackcloth, and made into small bales, somewhat resem- 
bling wool-bales, as those in which goods are forwarded on the 
llamas from the interior to the coast. The Pisang stalks necessary 
for this packing had to be fetched from the lowlands, on the 
shoulders of Indians ; the moss, which did not grow at Sandia, was 
obtained in the mountain districts ; all which, on account of the 
awkwardness and laziness of the Indians, cost much pains, time, 
and money. 
" But with the greatest difficulty was the necessary rope obtain- 
ed. Four persons were sent into the lower woodlands to collect 
bark, and work it up so as to serve for rope. Strong cords were 
required to bind the packages on the beasts of burden ; these were 
ordered at Cruzero, and in this Mr. Hasskarl met with cordial co- 
operation. The collecting of so many mules in this solitary and 
out-of-the-way place was no slight matter : they were weak ani- 
mals that could not carry half the weight the mules of Arequipa 
were able to bear on their backs. 
" After a legion of difficulties of divers kinds, too many and too 
various to sum up here, the expedition started from Sandia on the 
8th of June. 
" It seemed however as if the difficulties would never come to an 
end. The animals were driven forward as fast as possible, but it 
was necessary, for the sake of the plants, to shorten the way as 
as much as it could be. From early in the morning till late in the 
evening they travelled on, almost without interruption, to leave the 
hill-country, with its extreme changes of temperature, behind, and 
to get as far off the highway as possible, that the cavalcade might 
incur no risk from the numbers of troops, who took possession of 
all transports as contraband of war, and that the plants, which were 
threatened with many dangers from that cause, might arrive in 
safety. 
'* Arrived at Azangora, they learned that no beasts of burden 
were to be obtained, as they were all required by the insurgents 
belonging to the party of Castilla, to carry muskets brought from 
Bolivia to Cuzco ; whereas other drivers had taken the district of 
