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the beauty and repose of another, and tlie horror of a third 

 cannot fail to dehght and astonish every admirer of nature. 

 The northern side is di\idcd by spurs of ridge-land, but 

 it slopes gradually, divided into narrow clefts which widen 

 and become as they near the coast deep huge ravines and 

 valleys ; e.g. Rupert's \'alley, Jamestown Valley, Lemon 

 Valley, and Deep Valley. On this central ridge are situated 

 the three highest points of the island : — 



Diana's Peak 

 Cuckold's Point 

 Actcon 



2,740 feet. 

 2,672 „ 

 2,704 » 



These are all clothed in a forest of old-world flora — tree- 

 ferns, dogwood, gum, and cabbage-trees. HiUf way up the 

 peak of " Diana " is " Taylor's Flat," a favourite spot for 

 picnics, and near this was the valuable plantation of cin- 

 chona, now utterly neglected. 



To the East are Halley's Mount 



Flag Staff 



The Bam 



Tiie other points of interest are : — 



Sandy Bay Ridge 



Long Kangc 



Alarm House . 



High Knoll 



Long\vood House 



Columnar Pile " Lot " 



Columnar Pile " Lot's Wife " 



Base of the Friar . . 



Coflcc Grove and Bamboo Hedge in Sandy Bay 



Turk's Cap 



Ladder Hill . 



And the Calcareous vein on the north-west of Flag 



staff Hill in which the fossil shells arc found i ,61 1 „ 



The plain of Longwood and Deadwood, the eastern end 

 of the central ridge, comprises 1,500 acres of land, 2,000 

 feet above the sea, and has a south east slope. Here were 

 placed the camps for the military and for Boer prisoners in 

 1900, and here it is contemplated, in course of time, to make 

 barracks. There were in the town extensive barracks 

 which were pulled down. At an enormous expense bricks 

 were imported by the Imperial Government, although the 



