PLANTATION-HOUSE. 3l7 



approach of death, he felt no farther concern 

 for the accommodations of life. 



Strongly contrasted with the gloom and ste- 

 rility of Longwood, is the summer residence of 

 the Governor of St. Helena, lying on Sandy 

 Bay, on the western shore of the island, and 

 about half a German mile from the town. In 

 this beautiful and healthful climate, every tro- 

 pical plant flourishes in the greatest luxuriance. 

 We were hospitably received at Plantation- 

 house, a handsome, spacious, and convenient 

 building, surrounded by an extensive park. In 

 this delightful spot nature and art have combin- 

 ed at once to charm and to surprise ; yet M'hile 

 breathing its pure and fragrant air, would 

 our thoughts unconsciously revert with sym- 

 pathy to the melancholy fate of the exile of 

 Longwood. 



The environs of Sandy Bay would be a per- 

 fect little Switzerland, but that the glaciers are 

 wanting to complete the resemblance. Scat- 

 tered amongst the enormous masses of rock 

 which lie confusedly heaped upon eacli other, a 

 frightful wilderness and most smilingly pic- 

 turesque landscape alternately present their 



