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70 " pound. Plows free. Pork 600 " arroba. Powder 200 " pound. Paper, Straw 30 " " Pilot Bread 150 " arroba. Roman Cement 50 " " Rosin 1,200 Sieves, iron wire 30 " pound. " brass 50 " " Shoes, Rubber 400 " " Store Trucks 900 " article. Shooks, boxes 400 " arroba. Soap, Yellow 30 " pound. Scales, simple 120 " " Tar and Pitch 200 " arroba. Tortoise-shell 2,500 " pound. Tea 450 " " Twine, Cotton 300 " " Trunks, 2 to 4 palms 2,700 " article. " over 4 " 3,600 " " Tobacco, chewing 4,800 " arroba. " cut 9,600 " arroba. This Tariff went into operation February 23, 1861. ADDENDA. _Orchilla_, page 29.--This valuable lichen comes chiefly from Tumbez. It is not found on the rocks, like the orchilla of the Old World, but grows on various trees. The foliage of a tree disappears when the orchilla commences. The sea air is indispensable to its production, as it is found only near the coast. _Religious Intolerance_, p. 91.--The expression "Protestant dogs" has since been publicly repeated by a priest in a sermon, who told the people to confess, or they would be treated in a similar way. It called forth a remonstrance from Mr. Hamilton, the British Minister, directed to the archbishop, declaring such conduct inhuman and unchristian. The Pope's Nuncio left Quito for good in July, 1869. _Fish in the Quito Valley_, p. 107.--Dr. Gill informs me that the true name of this little fish is _Cyclopium Humboldtii_, Swainson. It belongs to the sub-family Trachelypterinae, under Siluridae. _Hummers' Nests_, p. 108.--They are not always of a lengthened form, as the text would imply, but are sometimes quite shallow. They are invariably lined with the softest vegetable materials and covered with moss. The nests are not as compact as those of our Northern hummer, and, so far as we observed, are never shingled with flat lichens. _Humboldt in 1802_, p. 156.--He spent
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