174 NOTES OF A BOTANIST 
o o Ambato 
1858. 
Sept. 18-22. Packing Quito collections. 
,, 23. Ambato to Riobamba. 
,, 28. Riobamba to Cajabamba. 
,, 29. Cajabamba to Pangor. 
,, 30. To a hill-top in forest of Pallatanga. 
Oct. I. To village of Pallatanga. 
,, 12. Collecting around Pallatanga. 
,, 13. From Pallatanga to forest below Pangor. 
,, 14. To the Hacienda de las Monjas. 
,, 15. Across the Paramo de Naba to Riobamba. 
16-20. At Riobamba. 
,, 21. Return to Ambato by the Paramo de Sanancajas. 
22. Ambato. 
,, 23. To Patate and back to Ambato. 
,, 24. Back to Riobamba by way of the Paramo de 
Sabahan. 
,, 25. Riobamba 
,, 31. Collecting near Riobamba, at Guano, etc. 
Nov. 1-8. Collecting near Riobamba. 
,, 9-14. At the farm of Titaicun on the slope of a ridge (not 
rising to snow-line) above the village of Cham bo. 
,, 15-30. At Riobamba. 
Dec. 1-2. Excursion to the Paramo del Puyal, a prolongation 
of the southern shoulder of Chimborazo. 
3-8. Collecting near Riobamba. 
At the Farai of Tamaute, at the Confluence of the 
Rivers Guano and Chambo 
,, 9-31- Excursions around Tamaute: On the banks of the 
Chambo — on the salt-plain of Elen— to Guan- 
ando — to the head of the river Guano (at the 
foot of Chimborazo), etc. 
[The following letter to Mr. Bentham, written 
two months after his arrival at Bafios, gives an 
interesting summary of the whole journey to that 
place, with so many vivid personal touches that, 
despite of some repetition, I will here give the 
latter part of it. It also carries on the narrative to 
a later period, and gives some account of the little- 
