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thefe mountains. The pretty fhrub which is 

 known to naturalifts by the name of bruma 

 ipakacea adorned the firfi: hills by which th 

 nt commcn> 



It will be cafily believed, that with fuch a wind 

 the infects had entirely difappearcd. 



I viiitcd the Company's garden, of which feve- 

 ral travellers have ipoken with rapture. It is 

 however no more than a vaft enclofure, where 

 arc to be teen avenues of tolerably fine oaks. 

 Some of the beds are furrounded with myrtles, 

 in the midft of which are cultivated different 

 ibrts of vegetables, and a very few exotic flowers. 

 There have been alfo fct here fome European 

 fruit-trees ; and I likewife remarked the plantain- 

 tree, whofe leaves had not been able to refill the 

 violence of the wind, which had cut them into 

 ihreds. 



There was a very tame bird of the fpecics 

 called falcoferpentariusy in a houi'c belonging to 

 the Governor. 



The menagerie, which is fituatcd at the end 

 of the garden, contains only a fmall number of 

 fcarcc animals ; the oftrich, the zebra, the por- 

 cupine, the jackal, and a few birds, among 

 which I remarked the conrly a iete mie of 

 Buffon (tantalus calvus, Linn.). 



The wind, which in the evening abated con- 

 fidently, announced to us the return of fine 

 weather. 



There 



