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that have attended the quest of the Quito Cinnamon.
I know nearly all the people whose names are men-
tioned, and I have no doubt his relation is exact,
for I know well the simple and truthful character
of the man. .
. .
" After all the time, etc., Santander has lost, I do
not think we can ask him any more."
Thus ends the quest for botanical specimens of
one long-known tree whose scented bark is still an
object of commerce, but which grows only in a
limited district of the great forests at the foot of the
Andes of Ecuador.
The following interesting paper was sent to
the Linnean Society in 1867, and published in
the Society's Journal, vol. ix. (pp. 346-367), under
the following title: "Notes on some Insect and
other Migrations observed in Equatorial America.
By Richard Spruce, Esq. Communicated by the
President."
This title, however, does not convey an idea of
its whole subject, which is almost as much botanical
as zoological, the first portion of it containing an
admirable sketch of the broader aspects of the
vegetation of the Great Amazon Valley and adjacent
regions.
under separate headings, and have omitted a few
I have therefore subdivided the paper
of the less interesting details.]
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In endeavouring to trace the distribution of
plants in the Amazon valley, and to connect it with
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