2 DEL AGO A BAY. 



tainly much improved since my last visit in 

 1876-78, as all the bouses now have zinc or red- 

 tiled roofs instead of thatch, and the yards or 

 quintals are enclosed by zinc palings instead of 

 being fenced in by canifo (a long slender cane), 

 as formerly, and consequently fires are not so 

 frequent. A church and hospital have also been 

 built outside the town walls on the first gentle 

 slope of the hill, and the Eastern Telegraph 

 Company's station is established in a lovely 

 house and grounds on the top of the cliff, not 

 far from the lighthouse. 



The approach to the town by water is most 

 picturesque ; the shore on the left low and 

 covered with trees and bush, whilst on the 

 right, from Port Reuben, where stands the 

 lighthouse, is a high cliff of red sandstone, with 

 patches of bright green foliage sloping down to 

 the beach, dotted here and there with a few 

 palms and banana-trees. The town itself also 

 looks picturesque, with its white houses and 

 bright roofs, an occasional yellow or blue painted 

 house giving an additional bit of colour, and a 



