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• Plate IV. — A, the cliff seen from the road to Camera de Lobes. Tlie church 

 steeple shews its proportion. B, an outline of the principal peaks of the island, 

 taken from the summit of the Pico da Cruz, and shewing the ravine of the Jardin de 

 Serra, in which is situated the country house of Mr. Veitch. 



Plate V. — Coural das Freiras, or the immense valley which traverses the island 

 of Madeira. 



- Plate VL— Brazen head or Garajao. The white ridges in the layer of scoriae 

 are incrustations of salt, imbibed from the marine atmosphere. One of the curious 

 basaltic dykes, so frequent in Madeira, is seen to the right of the peasant. 



Plate VII. — A, hills of Porto Santo. B, sand formation in the same island. 



Plate VIII. — Nearer views of the principal peaks. 



Plate IX — Costume of the Gambia. The figure dressed in blue is an Alcade, 

 or Governor of a town, the woman with a parasol is a Senhara, or Mulatto. The 

 figures passing at the back are, a travelling Moor with his bow and quiver, and his 

 wife and child. 



Plate X. — A side view of the town of Bathurst. 



Plate XI. — The Moorish town of Bakkow. 



-, Fig. 1. The Lepidopus, or Hake of the Tagus. 

 -, „ 2. Crab, or new species of Planes, a, the upper, 6, the under view. 



" . ' f Fossil shells found at Almada. 



.^- „ 5. Sertularia and Aviculae of Madeira. 

 .^ „ 6. a, The Halosydna or Caraccas of Madeira, b, one valve of the operculum. 



" of Fossil Turritellse of Almada. 

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„ 9. Beak of Goniaphea. 



„ 10. a and b,'\ 



„ 11. > Helices of Madeira. 



„ 12. a and b,} 



13.") 



, ,' > Helices of Porto Santo, found in the sand formation. 



„ 15. Bulimus do. 



„ 16. Helix of Porto Santo. 



„ 17. Hehx subplicata of do. 



18 J 

 - " ,q'[ Venuses found at Porto Santo. 



„ 20. Pecten do. 



