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tries, the Rains beginning in 'December and ending 
in May } this Seafon the Spaniards who live there call 
Temporal , and it is general all thereabouts 5 whereas 
what they call T aroma is a cold rainy Seafon that lafts 
in all the mountainous Places of thefe Countries from 
June to November , but efpecially in the City of Loxa 
and Places adjoining, where Mr. Arrot has pafs’d 
or 30 Days without feeing the Sun once, and felt the 
Air fo extremely cold, that he was obliged always to 
be wrapped up in his Cloak, and to be in continual 
Motion to keep himfelf warm. Such exceflive Cold 
fo near the Line, appears to Europeans incredible ; 
but many Places in thefe Latitudes are fo, by their 
Situation and Vicinity to high Mountains. 
The propereft Seafon for cutting the Bark is from 
September to November , the only Time in the whole 
Year of fome Intermiffion from Rain in the Moun- 
tains. Having difeover'd a Spot where the Trees mod 
abound, they firft build Huts for the Workmen, and 
then a large Hut wherein to put the Bark, in order to 
preferve it from the wet 5 but they let it lie there as 
fhort time as poffible, having before-hand cut a Road 
from the Place where the Trees grow, through the 
Woods, fometimes three or four Leagues, to the 
heareft Plantation or Farm-houfe in the low Country, . 
whither, if the Rain permits them, they carry the Bark 
forthwith to dry. Thefe Preparations made, they pro- 
vide each Indian (they being the Cutters) with a large 
Knife, and a Bag that can hold about yo Pounds of, 
green Bark : Every two Indians take one Tree, whence 
they cut or flice down the Bark, as far as they can 
reach from the Ground 5 they then take Sticks about 
half a Yard long each, which they tie to the Tree with 
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