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religious affinity, seem for the most part inclined to 

 stay; and some of the Greeks also will likely remain. 



The present condition of the province and the 

 temper of its inhabitants, mostly dissatisfied at the un- 

 avoidable change, rendered it unsafe to go far from 

 the town. The Governor himself gave a warning in 

 this regard. A few malefactors had taken advantage 

 of the confusions and disorder which the time and cir- 

 cumstances had caused among the inhabitants, (con- 

 ditions, however, chargeable to the authorities), and 

 were robbing on the roads and plundering houses 

 without let or hindrance. My excursions therefore 

 were confined to the region close about the town, from 

 which besides I dared not get far away, fearing to 

 miss the opportunity of a vessel bound for the Bahama 

 islands and lying ready. 



All about the town the sandy soil was thickly set 

 with a low, creeping palm (Corypha minor L.?). The 

 stems trailed along the ground, the tops very little 

 raised above the sand but with comely, upright-stand- 

 ing leaves. From every old root there sprouted many 

 stems running in various directions, and striking out 

 fresh roots. Whole fields were covered with this 

 growth. Here and there appeared a few upstanding 

 trunks, of the thickness of a man's leg ; from the leaf, 

 these seemed to be the same as the rest; but there 

 being no blooms at this time, no precise determination 

 could be made. 



Near to the town there were also to be seen a few 

 trees of the fan-palm variety (Borassus Habellifer L.) 

 The cabbage-tree or cabbage-palm (Areca oleracea 

 L.) is likewise at home here, but about the town there 

 are few of them left. They had been cut down to get 



