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approach of death, he felt no farther concern 

 for the accommodations of life. 



Strongly contrasted with the gloom and ste 

 rility of Longwood, is the summer residence of 

 the Governor of St. Helena, lying on Sandy 

 Bay, on the western shore of the island, and 

 about half a German mile from the town. In 

 this beautiful and healthful climate, every tro 

 pical plant flourishes in the greatest luxuriance. 

 We were hospitably received at Plantation- 

 house, a handsome, spacious, and convenient 

 building, surrounded by an extensive park. In 

 this delightful spot nature and art have combin 

 ed at once to charm and to surprise ; yet while 

 breathing its pure and fragrant air, would 

 our thoughts unconsciously revert with sym 

 pathy to the melancholy fate of the exile of 

 Longwood. 



The environs of Sandy Bay would be a per 

 fect little Switzerland, but that the glaciers are 

 wanting to complete the resemblance. Scat 

 tered amongst the enormous masses of rock 

 which lie confusedly heaped upon each other, a 

 frightful wilderness and most smilingly pic 

 turesque landscape alternately present their 



