e 38 Of the Vfcfulmfs of Attention 



veniencies of the journey. A bound folio 

 with writing paper to put plants into, a box 

 or two with pins to collect infects, a pair of 

 f'cuTars, and a pocket book to write upon, may- 

 be hI4 under- the great-coat. The fciflars 

 muft fupply the place of a knife, which it is 

 forbidden to wear. Books of natural hiflory 

 would be very ufeful on fuch a journey; but, 

 to avoid the fufpicion of their containing any 

 thing again!! the religion of the country, one 

 is obliged to leave them on-board the fhip. 



After we have feen thefe towns and what 

 they contain, we at laft flop in Port Mary, 

 where we have more opportunities than at 

 Ca&z of making collections from the neigh- 

 bouring gardens, meadows, and fields. 



The plants which are to be met with here 

 about this feafon are mentioned in my voyage ; 

 but at ot?hfer times more may be added. Each 

 requires a particular attention, but I will only 

 (peak of one or two. It ought to be tried 

 whether the Coccus cacli, the infect which 

 ; .0 us the cochineal, is to be met with on 

 the Ca&ui o^unila, which here grows in the 

 ^nick-hedges. Our flax, which grows fponta- 

 <-:.:ouiiy here, takes flicker under a little fnrub 



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