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called amber congealed/ In 1769 Portugal 

 forbade the importation of true copal, in order to 

 protect the Jataycica or gum of the Jatoba 

 (hymenaea), of which 14 Arrobas had been sent 

 from Turiassn in the Brazil. 



Leaving Mto-ni, after half a mile of beach, we 

 turned towards the interior, and ascended the 

 gently rising ground, beautifully undulated, which 

 leads to the royal estates called Rauzah and Taif , 

 formerly Kizimba-ni or Sebbe. For two or three 

 miles a narrow path, which compelled us to ride 

 in Indian file, wound through cocoa- groves and 

 patches of highly-cultivated ground, with here 

 and there a hut buried under fruit-laden mangos. 

 The track, then 254 feet .above sea-level, widened 

 into a broad avenue of dark conical clove-trees, 

 varying in height from 6 to 16 feet according to 

 age ; feathered almost to the ground, and extend- 

 ing, like the well-berried coffee-shrub, its branches 

 at right angles to the trunk. All, however, bore 

 the impress of neglect, where Dr Ruschenberger 

 found a 'picture of industry and of admirable 

 neatness and beauty' that employed from 500 to 

 700 slaves. 



We saw little to admire in the c palace,' a single- 

 storied lodge of coral rag, and ample porches look- 

 ing upon sundry courts and yards, negro quarters 



