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masses of I'ock, and are well wooded to the very top. 

 Here and there one passes clustei's of thatched 

 •cottages half hidden by the surrounding vegetation ; 

 below, the eye rests upon a broad valley extending 

 far beyond the deep ravine cut pi-ecipitously into the 

 hill side. Presently there rises a black granite wall 

 to a height of several hundred feet, concealing the 

 sun in his downward course and for a moment obscur- 

 ing every other object. Here we enter a tunnel, 

 and on emerging fi'om it there opens out a perfect 

 fliiry-land, as the train leaps from hill to hill passing 

 in review the most varied bits of scenery. Trees of 

 •enormous height and girth, apparently groaning under 

 the weight of foliage, often in full blossom of white 

 and crimson or else crowded with fruit ; palms of 

 •every variety, the Jack and the Bread-fruit tree with 

 their handsome large leaves, held piisonei's in the 

 embrace of some enormous creeper, and as we pass 

 through a thick jungle, a mass of palmetto and fern 

 trees gracefully bend theii- wavy leaves to the breeze. 

 Cascades and rivulets tear down the mountain 

 creeks, every cone and peak l^ecomes separated by 

 floating clouds, and below it all is the beautiful valley 

 of Kaduganawa, receiving the last rays of the setting 

 sun. The latter presented a sublime picture ; at first 

 the sky assumed the purest transparent blue with 



