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prised me to find this last growing in low and imundated 
places. Various shrubs of Hibiscus with flowers in bunches, 
and growing near the water; a Papilionaceous plant with 
ripe pods, and thick groups of Mangrove were successively 
met with. The palms are probably the Hyphene, with large 
frondes. A creeping Jasmine (the same I found at St. 
Jago,) was also discovered. ‘The forest consists of a tree 
resembling Cesalpinia, but I could not approach near 
enough to be able to examine it. Most of the plants here 
mentioned are commonly called South American, but 
they have probably been carried thither from Africa along 
with the negroes. The Hyphene and Cyperus papyrus are 
the same as those of Egypt. I found those parts of the 
ground the most accessible, which had been set on fire by 
negroes. Near the Point a great quantity of fish was hang- 
ing exposed to the air to be dried, but no huts were any 
where to be seen, nor did any women appear, which shows 
that their habitations must be situated at some distance 
in the forest. 
The current carried us back in a few moments. The 
large turtle was exchanged for a pair of knives, worth about 
one shilling. Almost all the negroes who came on board 
our ship are Christians. One of them is even a Catholic 
priest, ordained by the Capuchin monks at Loando. 
They were baptized by these monks two years ago at St. 
Antonio, situated seven days journey from hence. ‘The 
monks have given to the priest a diploma. This bare- 
footed black apostle, however, had no fewer than five 
wives, the number of whom is always in proportion to 
