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that lie arrived in Cocliiiicliina about 1743, for lie says that 
wben in 1779 he established himself in Canton,, he had spent 
36 years in Cochinchina. As he states, p. 818, that in 1742 he 
was in Cambodja, we can therefore infer that He first lived in 
that country. It seems, that after his arrival in Cochinchina 
he had soon gained influence, for we find him holding an office 
at the Court of the King.- (Rebus' mathematicis ac physicis in 
Aula praefectus). Some knowledge of medical practice which 
he had previously acquired rendered him very popular among 
the people. He tells us that, European medicines not being 
within his reach, he was obliged to depend’ entirely on native 
drugs, and by investigating them he was necessarily induced to 
study the flora of the country and to make botanical collections 
This was the origin of his herbarium.. His collection of plants 
of. Cochinchina (nearly 1000 species) seems to be confined 
for the greater part to a small area of the littoral region. He 
says, that, his herbarium is far from being complete and may 
represent only about a quarter of the flora, of Cochinchina. It 
had been impossible fonhim to procure plants from the distant 
forests. Only a few specimens had been obtained with great 
pains and not without danger from the (neighboring) forest- 1 
covered mountains. As at the time of Loureiro the capital of 
Cochinchina, where he lived, was at Hue (near tiie sea coast, 
aboub 17° H.L.) it may be assumed, that the largest part of his 
Cochinchinese specimens were gathered in the neighborhood of 
that place. He generally does not specify the stations of the 
plants he collected in Cochinchina but confines himself to 
the statement that they are natives of that country. It is 
only in a few cases,.which I shall notice here, that he refers 
to the stations. 
Hucie, the metropolis of Cochinchina, is only once mentioned 
P-129. 
The port of JEo near Huae, ibidem. 
The rivulet Hon mo, not far from Huae, p. 32. 
The mountain of Ho chm opposite Huae, p. 201. 
The mountain of Gon mit situated at a distance of 6 miles 
from Huae, p. 753. 
The port of Turan, called Han by the natives, south of 
Huae, p. 208. 
Province of Boungnai in the Southern part of Cochinchina 
10*. H.L.,p. 109. 
Province of Binh bhang in the southern part of Cochinchina 
14°. N.L. belonging in former times to Champava. p. 154. 283! 
Province of Quang binh in Horth-Cochinchina. p. 404. 
