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of Dominica. From the first two trees in bearing 
he gathered seven pounds of cloves; he then had, 
six years after commencing to plant, fifteen hundred 
growing trees. Probably, even if this attempt was 
successful, nothing farther was ever done by the other 
planters, so wrapped up were they in cane culture, 
and cane only. Montpelier is to-day gone to decay, 
difficult of access, with fields of waste land, and with- 
out inhabitants. A tradition only remains of clove 
and cinnamon-trees being found in the wild growth 
that covers the abandoned fields. 
A broad walk leads under the nutmeg-trees, from 
a little stream beneath the teak and mahogany, to 
Government House, the residence of the lieutenant- 
governor, —a long, low building, surrounded by a 
veranda, having in front a flower-garden in perpetual 
blossom, such a garden as only this climate is capable 
of producing, with a row of lovely areca palms, and 
vines in profusion adorning pillars and balustrades. 
We are constantly reminded of the East Indies and 
the South Seas by the numerous trees brought from 
those far-off regions. Not the least curious is the 
screw-pine, growing to the height of a tree, and bear- 
ing fruit that closely resembles the edible pine-apple. 
In the society of the governor, George Dundas, 
Esquire, C. M. G., I enjoyed many delightful hours. 
Like many another cultivated Englishman and Scotch- 
man, he was a zealous votary of Daguerre—an ex- 
cellent amateur photographer. To wealthy English 
amateurs, who have pursued the study of photography 
as a pastime, that science owes its greatest advance- 
ment, especially in recent times. In the “ dry-plate” 
process — the process of the future — they have made 
