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stones. It is surrounded on all sides by " black waves, 

 bare crags, and banks of stone," covered with limpets and 

 Chitons, and tenanted by troops of dusky cormorants. As 

 we coasted along the land, crowds of wondering natives 

 appeared on every hill-top, staring at the adventurous 

 strangers who had come to visit their far distant country, 

 and perchance disturb the peaceful tenor of their lives. In 

 many parts along the coast the rocks are very lofty, and 

 quite perpendicular, and are adorned in many instances 

 with splendid waterfalls, 



" Where a wild stream with headlong shock 

 Comes brawling down its bed of rock 

 To mingle with the main." 



In one part only was the coast level, and huge heaps of 

 weeds lay along the shore. Numbers of meagre Cormo- 

 rants sat in long black rows upon the stones ; flocks 

 of dappled wild Ducks were feeding at the margin of the 

 water ; a species of Tern, with a long black crest, was 

 hovering above the surf, and at some distance from the 

 shore were hundreds of large white Gulls, sweeping the 

 surface of the sea. 



A large and beautiful open blue Campanula was very 

 conspicuous in many parts, as were also the handsome 

 yellow Liliaceous plants allied to Hemerocattis disticha and 

 H. fava, which grew chiefly on acclivities, and the large 

 and showy Tiger-lily (Lilium monadelphum}. There was 

 also a small and pretty Hyacinth with delicate blue blos- 

 soms; two or three species of Juniper, many of Oak, 

 three of Fir, several of Thuja, two kinds of Hazel, and 

 one of Myrtle. The Fumitory, the Lychnis, the wild 



Onion and Silver- weed were common everywhere. La 



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