OF DR. J. R. T. VOGEL. 13 
for circumstances hardly allowed me at either place to go on 
shore; and at the latter I was unwell, though not extremely 
sO. 
* At Iddáh, the country which was before low and flat, 
begins to be elevated and rises in mountains 2000 feet high, 
Which, with occasional interruptions, extend to this place, 
where they are confined to the right bank of the river. 
Here and there, spots occur, which remind one of the Rhine: 
the bed of the river is, however, too broad (generally above 
half a mile) to be picturesque, and is often broken and 
enlarged by various islands. "The mountains are bare, 
without any signs of human industry: once only I saw a 
village on the top of a hill, which appeared very pretty. 
Mount Patteh, in whose neighbourhood we lie, is a quadran- 
gular mountain on the right bank, rising precipitously on all 
sides about 1200 feet high, with many patches of forest, and 
thickly clothed everywhere with plants. At its foot grow 
many slender Oil-Palms ; so that the whole picture, painted 
with the fresh green which the rainy season has produced, 
is very lovely. As I sit under the awning on the 
quarter-deck, and look towards that spot, I cannot help 
being pleased with the view, beholding in the solitary 
Baobabs, and the Oil-Palms, though familiar to me now for 
weeks, forms which still interest me from their novelty. 
* We have bought a piece of land on the right bank, 
extending from Mount Patteh to Beaufort Island, and at this 
moment are preparing a habitation for the person who is to 
have the charge of the station at the foot of the mountain. 
The land is decidedly of bad quality, and a better situa- 
tion will be sought for: the other bank is far more suitable, 
but it has been rejected as too low ; indeed, it is now under 
water. Itis impossible for me, at present, to say any thing 
of the nature of the vegetation. We certainly have not 
here the usual exuberance of the tropics; perhaps, since F. 
have been on the river, I have collected three hundred 
Species. No single family gives a peculiar character to the 
Vegetation, but this depends on a mixture of many families. 
