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ve not*been equally valuable. His residenee at the garden had been 
sit distressing from beginning to end, by cootinued and malicious 
. _ trespasses, the violent assaults of strangers, and the e 
. the neighbouring planters. Though much credit is due to him for the 
Stern and inflexible honesty with which he defended the rights of the 
en, it is yet much to be wished that a more liberal indulgence had 
n given to those who wished to visit this enchanting spot 
_ *[n1821 the Government, wearied probably by the constant complaints 
_ that had been made, determined on giving up tke garden, which for s 
many years had been maintained at a great expense to the mother 
country, exceeding even of late the yearly sum of 7007. sterling. ` This 
= step did not fail to cause great surprise. The nutmeg and other 
. valuable spices had arrived at maturity ; the cloves were producing 


entertained by its royal patron. Hada small guard from the i 
ing garrison s den r the house, which might have her 
orderod without dificulty, the Superintendent might have been pro 
in the discharge of his duties, and the grounds have flourished as in i fe 
of Anderson. 



days de 
. *'The custody o: of the -garden was resigned by Mr. Caley, December 
. 24th, 1822, who returned to England in the month of May. The great . 
. seal was attached to the grant on the day the garden was given u 
the Superintendent, and Mr. Herbert, with a small party of labourers, 
c por dig Sahay by the Governor to cultivate the land. The disappoint- 
t felt at its abandonment by the Crown has been fortunately 
$ dispelled by the choice of the Colonial Appena. under whose eye 
. the establishment is in a very oe condition. Every ure is 
. afforded by this obliging man for satisfying the curiosity of v 8, 
. and € and plants are distributed. on a proper application ir QU 
... Governo 
SEN “The poe of the garden, which is of irregular figure, does not 
, acres. 
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39 a | 
5 The ar and hilly parts are a dense forest of useful woods, fruits, 
or a gg and s beautifu wi e most 
charming residence of Flora in all her domains. ble- avenue, 
interrupted only 2 a single towering palm (Areca Catechu) runs from 
. the house to the bottom, giving a view o qiu. bay, the town, and a group © 
. of smaller islands within the Severna) . narrow walk leads the 
Stranger ro the bounds of this rond nursery, i at the bottom 
Blfords a s sight of the bold blue suiiine of the noble mountain which 
landscape. 
* * kd 
2 n The igh division crowded with “ah x ee gore is perhaps 
to interes Eur 
t the European he derives any — 
od rite: beauties of picturesque etn on entering the silence 
solitud ill be searcely able to define what most excites his 
miration, the individual be and contrast rms, or that eternal 
g and luxuriance of vegetable life which reigns around. Nature 
organic matter. Th d seems overloaded 
sy odours, and almost conceal fr | vesc the noble piant - 
8, gcc plar ge pow which diffuse into the - x 


