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five pups, and a flock of hens and 

 chickens. 



One day while here we drove many 

 miles into the interior along the be- 

 witchingly zigzag course of the wag 

 water, to Castleton Gardens, the Arnold 

 Arboretum of the tropics. Here we 

 saw noble specimens of every species 

 of palm on the globe, and many mar- 

 vellous growing, blooming things that 

 still haunt our memories. The bam- 

 boos everywhere charmed us, standing 

 in clumps, gracefully bending like groups 

 of Prince of Wales feathers. Another 

 interesting tree was the banyan, intro- 

 duced from India. The seed of the 

 banyan, when lodged on another tree, 

 takes root, grows rapidly and strangles 

 its host. Branches grow down to the 

 ground and also take root, a single tree 

 thus forming a miniature forest. 



After leaving Annotta Bay we 



