One day I went 

 plants, well known for 

 The leaves of the 

 id dbve trees were delight- 

 ; and Ae bread-frail, Ae jaca, and the manga, 

 wiA 4ffff% <rtfrj*r IB Ae Btagraiicmce of their foliage. 



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its **-!> from tibe ttdto latter trees. Before seeing them, 

 I :.i.: -: :dea in: Mf MB Mil r.i.r. s: Hfcdk i --.M^t M 

 Butt of them bear to the evergreen Tegetation 

 climates the same kind of relation which laurels 

 m England do to the lighter green of the decidti- 

 lt nay "be ofeserred, that the houses within the 

 : IM mi ii 1 1 nil il by the most beatttiftil forms of regeta- 

 of them are at the same time most usef nl 

 nan doubt that these qualities are united in the 

 IMBHOL, the cocoa-nut, the many kinds of palm, the orange, 

 and the bread-fruit tree? 



DnrzDg Hihis day I was particularly struck wIlL a remark 

 -^tnboldt s, ^rho ; orten s-liuoes to ** the tn j r"n vapour ixrhich, 

 Mhuwt changing the transparency of the air, renders its 

 tBtis more harmonious, and softens its effects." This is an 

 which I have never observed in the temperate 

 "Use atmosphere, seen through a short space of half 

 or Aree-qnarters of a mile, was perfectly lucid, but at a 

 gfUttx distance aH colours were blended into a most beauti- 

 fy r;L-t.. :: -- palt Frenel r*^; mingled ~.i~ z little IJue. 

 The candction -of 1ie atmosphere between the morning and 

 ~..~ ~ ^~^:: was mosl evident, r.i-i "r.^-.-r- 

 fiCde dBcage, excepting in its dryness. In the interval, 

 between the dew point and temperature had 

 ril fran 7.$ to 17*. 



cm n raimu I started early and walked to the 



Gacwia, or tDpiail mountain. The air was delightfully cool 

 and fajyJMt; and the drops of dew still glittered on the 

 leaves of Ae large EEaceom pikmts, which shaded the stream- 



lets of dear water. Sitfrtitg down on a block of granite, it 

 mas delightful to wateh Ae various insects and birds as they 

 few past. The haamming-bird seems particularly fond of 

 such shady retired spate. Whenever I saw these little crea- 



