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followed the direction of the Continent, till they reached the 
latitude of this Island, when they changed their course in search 
of a place where they might spend their winter. During the 
night, we were regaled with the croaking of the Hyla arborea, 
and of a Lizard also, which frequents houses. This last is 
probably the same as the Lizard of Siam, described by Capt. 
Burney in the 17th No. of Brewster's Edinburgh Journal, 
under the name of the Twk-ké. According to that writer, this 
animal is an object of superstition among the Siamese. With - 
them, although only six inches long, it makes war upon rats; 
with us, it limits its utility to the destruction of Cock-roaches, 
and to foretelling changes in the weather. ^d ; 
Leaving the Vale, we now ascended the hills above Retreat 
Estate. "The rocks of this district are all limestone, present- 
ing, in some places, owing to the partial action of decom- 
position, a cancellated appearance, known in the country by 
the name of Honeycomb-rock. In the crevices grew the 
Pteris longifolia, Hemionitis rufa, Anemia adiantifolia, and 
that cosmopolite fern, Adiantum Capillis-Veneris. ‘The Car- 
diospermum Halicacabum, and C. grandiflorum hang down their 
white flowers and balloon-like capsules: the long cord-like 
spikes of the Wild Yam, (Dioscorea sativa,) and the purple 
inflorescence of the Stizolobium altissimum were suspended 
from the trees, while the attractive lilac racemes of the 
Securidaca virgata, by means of its long trailing branches, 
were stretched above our path. The Cassytha filiformis and 
Cynanchum parviflorum were to to be met with, spread over 
the shrubs by the road-side. A plant of the Eupatorium 
Dalea particularly struck my attention, adorned profusely 
with snowy flowers, and its leaves exhaling the delicious 
fragrance of Vanilla. At a gap in the ridge, through 
which-the track lies, we had an opportunity of admiring 
the Portlandia grandiflora, and Hibiscus pentaspermus ; Pa- 
vella pentandra, and Erythroxylon rotundifolium, (the latter 
not in flower,) were also common along this road. At this 
Spot, we saw, for the first time, Habenaria brachyceratites. 
It is very different from H. macroceratites, as well as Orchis 
monorhiza, both of which are common plants in this district. 
