b VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



year before, for upwards of a month ; though, 

 indeed, in fpots feveral myriameters diftant 

 from thofe which we had recently vifitcd, and 

 in a feafon much more advanced: accordingly 

 I. found there a great number of plants which 

 had already difappeared at the time of our for- 

 mer ftay in this country. 



We fet off the next morning at day-break, 

 Avith an intention of not rcturnina; on board for 

 two days, and with a rcfolution of extending 

 our refearches to a great diftance from our an- 

 chorage. We landed to the fouth-weft, and 

 nearly in that direction we followed a path 

 made by the natives, M'here we remarked feveral 

 quite frefh impreflions of naked feet, among 

 which were fome of very young children : a few 

 families, terrified at our ftay in Rocky Bay, had 

 no doubt gone in fearch of another retreat, 

 where they thought themfelves in greater fafety. 

 After an hour's walk, Me flopped in a low 

 place, into which the waters of the neighbour- 

 ing hills ran, and were there lofl. Se\eral fpe- 

 cies of lepijfpennuvi had thriven fo well in this 

 humid foil, that they were become very talJ 

 trees, M~hlle elfew here 1 had found them only 

 of the fize of fmall fhrubs. Some v. ere here 

 lipwards of thirty meters high, although the 

 body of the tree was not more than two deci- 

 rictcrs tliick : one of thefe fpecies was remark- 

 able 



