Can't find Dowloads foler in iTunes Music Folder

Hi,
I can't find the iTunes Downloads Folder in iTunes Music Folder. I've tried searching for it using Find and Spotlight, but couldn't locate it. Can anyone tell me how to find it?
Caoim

hexonxonx,
Thanks for responding to my question. I'm trying to troubleshoot an audiobook that won't download from the iTunes store. It's part one of a two part audiobook. The second part downloaded properly, along with three other audiobooks.
iTunes support has given me two sets of instructions, neither which I can carry out.
The first set is to empty the Downloads folder and then empty the trash, and the second set to to empty the cache folder. Unfortunately, I can't find either folder. I also cannot find a folder labeled with the name of the audiobook that is hung up. If you have any further advice, I'd appreciate it.
Caoim

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