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beautiful fragrant blossoming trees and plants of the 

 island, or such as unite fruit with beauty and shade. 

 Of the former the rose geranium, the white jessa- 

 mine, and the oleander, or South Sea rose — both 

 beautiful and odorous — are great favourites ; and of 

 the latter we meet with the wide-spreading pome- 

 granate, the tall papaw, and the golden-fruited 

 members of the citrus genus, from the gigantic 

 shaddock to the diminutive lime. 



The town of Hamilton is backed by a range of 

 heights; but between these heights and the town 

 there is a level, varying from half a mile to a mile in 

 breadth. This level forms a semicircular suburb, the 

 arch of which is not less than three miles; and a 

 large portion of this space is occupied by villas and 

 cottage residences, with their gardens and orchards, 

 the property chiefly of the native inhabitants of Ber- 

 muda, and occupied either by themselves, or by the 

 English residents to whom they are let. These resi- 

 dences are not confined to the level ground; they 

 encroach upon the heights also, adorning the slopes 

 and crowning the eminences ; and the general neat- 

 ness of the exterior of these villas, with the sub- 

 stantial garden-walls and luxuriant foliage, produce 

 a very favourable impression on the stranger. 



The houses of those who are not connected with 



