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FRUITS OF TERRA FIRMA. 



Mameis, Limes, and Tamarinds, are seen along 

 the margins of the streams, or in the sunny valleys, 

 or up the rugged flanks of those bold mountains, 

 of which the outlines appear against a sky of the 

 purest blue. 



THE MANGROVE. 



The sea coasts, though generally abounding in 

 roots and grain, fruits and flowers, are sandy, 

 and scarcely anything will grow there except the 

 Mangrove. Shooting forth collateral branches which 

 bend down, take root, and then spring up, a single 

 mangrove will cover in a few years an extensive 



