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there is by a sort of palanquin or basket, carried by two 

 poles, on the head of two or four negroes. Mr. Dall, by 

 providing abundantly for all our wants, caused our cortege 

 to amount to about sixteen persons. The direction, accord- 

 ing to compass, was almost exactly N. by E. We started 

 at half past eleven o'clock. The first and greatest part of 

 the way leads through Savannahs, covered with Grasses and 

 Cyperaceoe, intermixed with many species of shrubby and 

 half-shrubby Leguminos<s besides a few species of Malvaceae, 

 and some tall, but more generally only moderately high trees, 

 viz : Bombax, the genus which I mentioned at Cape Coast 

 as perhaps related to Crescentia* Ficus, Fan palms, Euphorbia 

 drupifera, very conspicuous from its naked spur-like branches, 

 bearing only a few stiff inversely spathulate leaves at the 

 extreme points, and near the villages and huts Tamarinds 

 and Hibiscus populneus. Towards the coast, the soil is sandy 

 like decomposed sandstone; but soon improves from the 

 culture of Indian Com, Cassava, Yams, Arachis, various 

 sorts of Cucumbers, and Bananas. Cocoas are little culti- 

 vated here, or in any part of Africa, which I have seen. 

 We crossed several ridges of hills affording pleasant views 

 over the surrounding country, covered with fresh green, and 

 struck then into the jungle, where the shrubs, common on 

 this coast, grew abundantly, about a man's height, and 

 closely interwoven with creepers. Leguminoscs diminished 

 and Rubiacea increased. Sarcocephalus, described by Schu- 

 macher as Cephalina esculenta, Th., is not uncommon. We 

 arrived at the settlement towards six o'clock, p.m., too late 

 to see much. The house of the superintendent lies half way 

 up the mountain ridge, and is roomy and comfortable, and 

 being white-washed is conspicuous far off. At the foot of 

 the mountain is a negro village and the plantation. Monday, 

 August 2nd, having passed the night, in consequence of the 

 friendly care of Mr. Dall, most comfortably, and supplied 

 with every convenience, we were off at dawn of day; 

 thermom. 7H° Fahr. The mountain is a quartz rock, covered 

 * May it not be the Bignonia tulipifera, Schumacher. 



