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on the wharves. In the summer many go away from the city, 

 either to the mountains or shore. The winters here are not 

 without frost, which sometimes kills the orange-trees. There 

 are evergreens, and a profusion of roses in the gardens. The 

 Magnolia is a splendid forest-tree. A species of palm (the 

 palmetto) is also here. It has a somewhat thick trunk, which 

 rises twenty or thirty feet high, with a crown of fan-shaped 

 leaves at the top. It is not so pretty as the European palmetto, 

 but nevertheless has a very picturesque aspect. It forms 

 admirable piles for driving under water, as it is very tough, and 

 suffers much less from boring insects than any other kind of 

 wood. The common forest-pine here is the Carolina, which, 

 with its long tassels of leaves, is an extremely fine-looking tree. 



My next letter will probably be from " Key West," which will 

 be my nearest approach to the tropics. It is in latitude 24°. 

 Poor Bailey is not well enough to go with me. I hope to get 

 Sarracenia on my return here. Three species grow in the 

 neighbourhood. 



Writing from Charleston to Mrs. H , he further adds : — 



" I have presented my letters of introduction, and have seen all 

 the folk. I am particularly glad to have made the acquaintance 



of Dr. H k. He has arranged for a day's dredging, and has 



put sundry other facilities in my way. Dr. G , whom I like 



very much, has also furthered me, but he was in some degree 

 an old friend. 



" I spent an evening with Dr. Bachman, who is enthusiastic 

 on the question of ' The Unity of the Races,' which is exciting 

 attention here. You know some persons doubt whether all 

 men are descended from Adam, or whether there was not a 

 separate Adam for every country where men of different race 

 are found. Dr. Bachman is writing a book to yrove that all men 

 came from Adam !" 



To the Same. 



Savannah, Georgia, January 26, 1850. 

 We left Charleston on the 22nd in a steamer, on a brilliant 

 day, with the sea as smooth as a lake, and the sky clear. The 

 passage for about fifty miles was in the open sea, but in sight of 

 the low flat shore covered with timber, and then we entered 

 narrow channels formed between a number of islands and the 



