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REMARK 



O N 



THE 



VEGE- 

 T A B'L E 



OM 



for 



than 



we fee them and 



mountains, in each of which, vegetation is different. The plains 



r 



which encircle thefe ifles, give greater room 

 mountainous expofures ; in confequence of th 



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the remoteft extremities of the vallies which run between the hills, 

 covered with plantations r we find them inhabited by a numerous 

 race, in a higher ftate of civilization than any of their neighbours 1 

 we enter a country improved by art, and from the rough walks of 

 uncultivated nature, pafs into the lovely variety of a flourifhing 



longer loaded with heaps 

 nourifhment to briars. 



and well kept garden ; the ground 

 of putrid branches i 



nd 



leaves, that give 



c 



r 



:limbers, ferns, and the whole tribe of parafite plants j but a bed 

 of graffes adorns the whole furface, and forms that luxuriant fod, 

 which is always the efFed of cultivation, 

 proper diilances from each other, and the fhade which their foliage 

 throws, fhelters the m-een turf below, which the rays of a tropical 



The fruit trees rife at 



f 



fun would otherwife foon fcorch and deftroy. The dwellings o 



the natives have the fame advantage, being generally fituated in the 



with various- 



midft of a group of 



and frequently furrounded 



fhrub 



The firft range of hills that rife 



wi 



ithi 



n 



the plai 



ly deftitute of trees, by which means, the fun having full 



fcope to operate, permits no orralTes or other tender plants to g 



Id 



there fo that the whole is covered with a very dry kind of fern 



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among 



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