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of Spanish Town, to whose kind courtesy I have 

 been indebted for so much information, and who, at 

 parting, added to his other kindnesses the gift of 

 many zoological rarities, which would otherwise have 

 remained either totally or nearly unknown to me. 

 On the 9th of July at noon, I took my place on board 

 the mail-steamer Avon, and bidding adieu to kind 

 friends, finally left this lovely island.* A last glance 

 at it, about 9 at night, revealed it dimly fading into 

 the darkness, with the friendly light on Point Morant 

 shining brightly. 



' The mountains of Hayti were in sight at daylight 

 the next morning, and during the whole day w^e ran 

 along the great promontory of Tiburon, the ancient 

 province of Xaragua, once the happy domain of the 

 beautiful but unfortunate Princess Anacaona. 



On rising at early day on the 11th, I found the 

 steamer at anchor in a little bay, environed by abrupt 

 mountains, at the foot of which is the town of Jacmel. 

 The boat was just putting off with the mails. There 



* To some of the "courteous readers" who have accompanied me 

 through the details of the preceding pages, It may not be altogether 

 without interest to know the amount of my collections in zoology 

 and botany, made during eighteen months' residence in Jamaica. 

 They were as follows: Mammalia, 41 specimens; Birds, ]5I0; 

 Reptiles, 102 ; Fishes, 94 ; Nests and Eggs, 34 ; Shells (marine), 

 1276; (terrestrial and fluviatile), about 1850; Crustacea, 100; In- 

 sects (including Arachnida and Myriapoda), about 7800 ; Echino- 

 dermata, 57 ; Zoophytes, &c. 42 ; Sponges, 550. Dried Plants, about 

 5000; Living Plants (Orchides), about 800; (Bulbs and Suckers), 

 932 ; (Cacti), S2 ; (Ferns), 222 ; (other Living Plants, young Trees, 

 &c.), 117; large Capsules and Seed-vessels, 383; Seed of flowering 

 Plants, 170 packets; Palm-seeds, 14 boxes; Gums, 24 specimens- 

 Woods, 50 blocks. 



