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This aul, Tuesday the 29th, we arrived at Rano- 
mafana, a village about 
and renowned for its hot springs in the bed of the 
river. We counted at le jets in the shal- 
low stream, which here is glittering with particles of 
mica. The Bishop to his gaiters a gs 
and wac in, whilst I and Dr. Meller stripped and 
enjoyed a warm bath, taking care not to be scalded 
by tl ] jets. l sample of th 
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) e following day, ` Wednes say 
30th, our route lay through a country more wooded, 
FIG. 3.—THE OUVIRANDRA GROWING IN ONE 
The crests of the hills oe clothed with a dense 
and Lichens ; 
formis, hangs from 
one Lichen sy Rey a Rocella fuci- 
se dos ed bund 
I made 
It was ne o char athens glades that 
the accompanying yet of the Dianas scenery 
(fig. 3) in which the Urania forms a prom 
feature in th Here, too, we found various 
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THE FARM. 
WEATHER ProsPECTS.—It would be impossible 
adequately to express the perfect satisfaction with 
which the fine rains of the past week have been 
received. 
Only a few days since the fields wore a burnt-up 
| n the fallows were uncropped, the meadows had 
Composite bush with orange flowers, and Arbutus o green, bat were just so many enclosures m — 
Here ee there stood at. rr ee boulders of sand- ie ts, w 
stone, dark an m rents ongst the | 
couse talib eras ait an Ápocynègus hes vided | neon raphe a iad high, agrees a etae mik patches | 
by the cattle. crossed and recrossed delightfully | looking the sickly hue of unhealthy ripeness. 
clear streams, kaia ’y the river Farimbongy. | ore to : see Providence, all is ate the 
ree Fe ow conspicuous ; Arums lined the | meadows already look green, roots are up in line, an 
ig covered ae the most prolific vegetation; and | the corn wears a much more healthy aspect, so that 
in t y pla rew a white blossomed Crinum though the prices for store stock are considerabl 
pein x aae gp at y eek poh or lower than they were before the drought commence 
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the itan w the Onvirandra fenestralis, its | yet ie hee sd amin a fas tne aon his 
lattice leaves waving like lon k Rees | loa oe ee eee 
low th face, and its pi ssoms (showing it | Everywhere the drill is the dominant implement at 
to be of the variety Bernieriana) floating on the sur- | work, and as in many districts the Swede has, if at 
face at the extremity of the long stalks. This lace- | all, only just been sown, it is a matter for grave con- 
rs fet rw ter yam, which ae k adi pane | sideration whether it will not be too late for this crop. 
: most curious of Nature's vegetable | That Swedes will be less next winter than usual is 
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a P nee Boo ‘ito Lapland by the late Reve W. obvious, and as these roots contain more and better 
Ellis, the well-known oe Aen ance | feeding qualities than the common Turnips, or, as the 
I had ein farmer terms it, are ‘‘more proofy,” it must have a 
nary, acquaintance 
Mauritius, and who I subsequent met 
trees verhung 
the stream were covered with Orehids, F <i, osses, 
great influence upon the kind and quantity of stock 
t can be wintered, Now it is true that Swed 
| rom it will be a good time to try the various 
sown so late as the end of June will not be likely to 
attain to a full size or a large crop, it is still worth 
coed to make up with common 
of these, as the Tankard 
roots that have been hitherto found best adapted for 
late sowing, and to procure seed accordingly, 
As regards Swedes we take it that at this time of 
the year they might be sown in closer rows than usual, 
and when the time for thinning agente it will, we 
think, be scarcely worth while egulate a crop 
which we look upon as scarcely bilag. sas bc o produce 
half the amount of those of better seasons, with the 
same care as though a large crop was expected. The 
same with Turnips, if they should be too late they 
will scarcely pay for the utter regularity of crops in 
which the best results can be obtained when the 
OF THE TRIBUTARY STREAMS OF THE FARIMBONGY, 
eason has been propitious ; re then, we take it 
in- 
ventions for bunching roots, as, if ever they are to be 
useful, it will be now, when root setting-out and 
aa threaten to comé pretty much at the samè 
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other seasonal consideration will be the paucity 
of Fs hay crop, this will render it important to take 
care as regards straw. 
If this should be bright and 
for as a 
ma of a short crop of seeds 
us to tak 
