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trees with wonderfully smooth bark and small 

 round leaves, the fruit growing all along the 

 branches, each one on a little short stem almost 

 touching the bark, giving the tree a most 

 peculiar appearance. When ripe it is a pinkish- 

 yellow colour with a lovely bloom on it. I also 

 found one of these trees growing in another 

 charming valley (Copani)-, almost a swamp, on 

 the Matolla side of the town. There also was 

 growing another variety of wild fig-tree with 

 very large leaves, and the fruit, though similar 

 in appearance and taste, growing in clusters. 

 These I discovered to be swarming with beetles, 

 principally Cetonias and stag-beetles. I did not 

 discover them till I gathered a fig to eat and 

 found a Goliath sp. struggling in my hand, 

 which had been completely buried in the fruit. 

 I also found a bramble in this valley, with red 

 berries instead of black, but they tasted the 

 same as the English variety. 



At Poulana, half-way down the side of the 

 cliff, I saw a lovely tree covered with heavy 

 bunches of a sweet-scented white flower I have 



