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scapes, if it was not quite naked. Some scattered Adan- 
sonie, stripped of their leaves, were almost the only trees 
that were visible. A few minutes only were allowed to 
me for examining the rich vegetation of the Fetishe rocks. 
The steep cliffs and the impenetrable thickets of shrubs, 
climbers, and lofty trees, limited my acquisitions to a most 
superb climber (Polyan. monog.), a Limodorum, and a 
Liliaceous plant, the thick fibrous stalks of which (without 
leaves) are used by the natives for making ropes. ‘The 
sea-breeze set in late as usual. We passed several villages. 
We are now under the rounded mountains, of which 
Taddi Enzazzi is the highest; perhaps it may be from a 
thousand to fifteen hundred feet. ‘They seem to be naked, 
with the exception of some solitary trees and dry grass. 
Groups of the Maba palm are seen in small valleys be- 
tween the hills, and shrubs of a Mimosa are common at 
the river side. We arrived soon at the market-place of 
Embomma, where a number of negroes had assembled. 
The Captain’s intention was to go to the banza this evening, 
but when the Mafook came on board and promised to 
accompany him to the King’s residence the following 
morning, the journey was put off. 
July 27. The negroes intruded themselves upon us be- 
fore we had left our beds. I went into a boat in order 
to visit Molineaux’s island, which at the river-side consists 
ofa steep rounded rock. A patch which had been set 
on fire opened a way down to the more level parts. Here 
I found several new and brilliant plants, and lofty trees 
with upright leaves, which I had not seen before. 
