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whole length. The quantity of parasitic and marine ani- 
mals found among this seaweed was quite extraordinary, and 
added greatly to the collections. One plant alone afforded 
4 parasitic Alge, and 30 animals of different kinds. 
The near approach to the Cape of Good Hope called up 
feelings in the mind of the young naturalist, which are best 
expressed in his own words, and can be only understood by 
one who possesses a keen relish for the wonders and beauties 
of Nature, and takes a pleasure in imparting to others a 
share of the knowledge and of the objects which he has him- 
self attained by long and distant travel. The productions of 
the Cape were, however, not wholly unknown to the writer, 
for the frequent botanical communications of one dear and 
valued friend,* the discoverer of Wardia and other South 
African novelties, had rendered him familiar with many of the 
vegetable productions of the colony, and, as it were, familiar- 
ized him with the localities where they grow. “I have heard 
Naturalists,” says our botanist, “ complain of the tedium 
which attaches to a sea-voyage; but such persons cannot be 
true naturalists, or must be suffering from sea-sickness, a 
cause from which I have never suffered for an hour. I do 
not mean to say that I should not have been better employed 
and happier if studying botany at home, but I assure you, | 
that my weeks fly away fast; though, from my being a slow. 
Worker, I have not much to show; and unaccountable as 1t 
may appear to you, when we draw near shore, I feel qe : is 
thrown out of my usual routine of occupation. I wil own, — . 
however, that once my foot has touched terra firma, there 1s 
à Sort of magic connected with it, that makes me grievously 
loth to quit it for sea again. There are those peculiar emo- 
tions consequent on visiting new countries for the first time, 
which are perfectly indescribable. I never felt as I did when 
drawing near Madeira, and probably never shall again. 
Every knot that the ship approached, seemed to call up new 
* The Hon. W. H. Harvey, late Colonial Treasurer at the Cape al - 
Good Hope; but at that time absent on account of ill-health TIT 
