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tion of these countries. Among other instances 
may be mentioned the almost total exclusion of Af- 
rican slaves from the latter colonies, and the com- 
fortable condition of the natives of American race, 
who live by agriculture, and are governed by Eu- 
ropean laws. 
But with respect to the political constitution and 
relations of the provinces visited by the travellers, 
it is not expedient here to enter into the details 
which they have given, more especially as those 
colonies have lately undergone revolutions that 
have converted them into independent states, the 
history of which would afford materials for many 
volumes. ‘The very interesting sketch of the phy- 
sical constitution of South America presented by 
Humboldt must also be passed over, because, in the 
condensed form to which it would necessarily be re- 
duced, it could not afford an adequate idea of the 
subject. We must therefore, with our travellers, 
take leave of Terra Firma, and accompany them on 
their passage to Havannah. 
