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blance to piscatoria, as scarcely to be distinguished from it. 

 I met successively with several old acquaintances on the 

 hills, as for instance, a Bupthalmum sericeuin; most of them 

 however, in the Canaries, are growing in the lowest region. 



Another beautiful view opened to the east. The valley 

 of St. Domingo lay under our feet, between perpendicular 

 rocks. South American and tropical fruit trees, planta- 

 tions of sugar and other vegetables, in various places, and 

 at the bottom a rivulet, formed by several streams spring- 

 ing from the steep rocks around, afforded a most delight- 

 ful view of contrasting objects. We had now reached the 

 ridge of the mountains, and tbllowed it for some time over 

 vallej^s and hills partly covered with high grass, and inter-r 

 spersedE uphorbia, Jatropha curcas, and some solitary Mi inosce. 



The day was already far advanced, and on seeing the 

 Peak aoain before us, we found the ascendino; it would 

 take the remaining part of our time, and that the way we 

 had followed, though it was the most commodious, was 

 at the same time the longest. We resolved, therefore, 

 to limit our farther journey to the ascent of one of the 

 conical hills that surrounded us, in order to take as ex- 

 tensive a view of the island as possible, and then to re- 

 turn. Corea was dispatched to the nearest shepherd's 

 hut to procure us some milk. We gave up our first plan 

 with less regret, by considering that we had brought no 

 barometer wit.h us ; but in return we missed many in- 

 teresting plants, the number of which continued increasing 

 as we walked on. We had soon reached the summit of 

 the nearest hill to the left ; and to the south-west, the 



