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CHAPTER XVIII<br />

THROUGH THE MONTANA OF CANELOS TO BANGS<br />

(June 14 to July i, 1857)<br />

[THE Journal of this portion of Spruce's travels<br />

is so full and interesting, and the district passed<br />

through is in many respects so remarkable, that<br />

I have no hesitation in printing the account of it<br />

almost entire. In the half-century that has elapsed<br />

since it was written no other English traveller has,<br />

I believe, passed over it. Two German botanists<br />

made the return journey from Banos to Canelos in<br />

April 1894, when they had better weather than<br />

Spruce ; but they describe the forest between the<br />

Topo and Canelos as being quite uninhabited, and<br />

the track so seldom traversed and so ill -defined<br />

that even the guides lose their way !]<br />

CANELOS TO BANGS<br />

( fonrnat)<br />

finic 14, 1857. It was about 8 A.M. when we<br />

got off. We had a steep slippery descent to the<br />

Bombonasa, which was crossed with difficulty and<br />

risk, as the turbid, swollen waters careered violently<br />

among<br />

and over rocks and stones. We crossed<br />

near where it is joined by a large stream (Tinguisa),<br />

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