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blance to piscatoria, as scarcely to be distinguished from it. 
I met successively with several old acquaintances on the 
hills, as for instance,a Bupthalmwm sericeum; most of them 
however, in the Canaries, are growing in the lowest region. 
Another beautiful view opened to the east. The valley 
of St. Domingo lay under our feet, between perpendicular 
rocks. South American and tropical fruit trees, planta- 
tions of sugar and other vegetables, in various places, and 
at the bottom a rivulet, formed by several streams spring- 
ing from the steep rocks around, afforded a most delight- 
ful view of contrasting objects. We had now reached the 
ridge of the mountains, and followed it for some time over 
valleys and hills partly covered with high grass, and inter- 
spersed Euphorbia, Jatrophacurcas, and some solitary Mimose. 
The day was already far advanced, and on seeing the 
Peak again before us, we found the ascending it would 
take the remaining part of our time, and that the way we 
had followed, though it was the most commodious, was 
- at the same time the longest. We resolved, therefore, 
to limit our farther journey to the ascent of one of the 
conical hills that surrounded us, in order to take as ex- 
tensive a view of the island as possible, and then to re- 
turn. Corea was dispatched to the nearest shepherd’s 
hut to procure us some milk. We gave up our first plan 
with less regret, by considering that we had brought no 
barometer with us;,but in return we missed many in- 
teresting plants, the number of which continued increasing 
as we walked on. We had soon reached the summit of 
the nearest hill to the left; and to the south-west, the 
