500 NOTES OF A BOTANIST 
The abbreviations made use of in the map are : 
C° for Cerro (mountain), Cord'' for Cordillera (ridge), 
Mont'' for Montana (forest), A° for Arroyo (rivulet), 
L"" for Laguna, and C"" for Cocha (lake), Far" for 
Farallon (peak or promontory), H"" for Hacienda 
(farm), and C^ for Corral (cattle or sheep-fold). 
Mule-tracks (called by the innocent natives 
''roads") are represented by double red lines, and 
footpaths' by single lines. I have copied them by 
dotted lines. 
Having now passed in review the principal 
physical features of the district, let us return to the 
Derrotero of Valverde, of which the following is a 
translation. The introductory remark or title (not 
in very choice Castilian) is that of the copyist : 
" The ' Derrotero' or Guide to the Hidden Trea- 
sure of the Incas. Translated by Richard Spruce." 
Title 
Guide or Route which Valverde left in Spain, 
WHERE Death overtook him, having gone 
FROM THE Mountains of Llanganati, which 
HE ENTERED MANY TIMES, AND CARRIED OFF A 
GREAT QUANTITY OF GoLD ; AND THE KiNG 
COMMANDED THE CORREGIDORS OF TaCUNGA 
AND AmBATO to SEARCH FOR THE TREASURE : 
WHICH Order and Guide are preserved in 
ONE OF THE OfFICES OF TaCUNGA 
The Guide 
" Placed in the town of Pillaro, ask for the farm 
of Moya, and sleep (the first night) a good distance 
above it ; and ask there for the mountain of Guapa, 
