3i4 Mr. WAFERS "Defcription 



The The Woods of this Country are not the fame 



Woods. on ^Jie Tops or Sides of the Hills, in the Inland 

 Country, as they are near the Sea, For in the drier 

 and more rifing Inland Country, the Woods are ra- 

 ther a large Foreft of Timber-trees, or a delightful 

 Grove of Trees of feveral kinds, very large and 

 tall, with little or no Under- wood : And the Trees 

 are placed at fuch a Diftance from each other, as 

 that a-Hdrfe might gallop among them for a great 

 way, and decline them with eafe. The Tops of 

 thefe Trees are generally very large and fp reading ; \ 

 and, I prefume, 'tis the Shade and Dropping of 

 thefe which hinder any thing elfe from growing in 

 the rich Ground among them : For in the open Sa- 

 vannahs, or where the Ground is cleared by Indus- 

 try for Plantations, there grow fmaller Vegetables 

 Swampy in greater Abundance, But on the Sea-Coaft^ 

 Thickets, where the Soil is often fwampy drown'd Land, efpe- 

 cially near the Mouths of Rivers, the Trees are not 

 tail but fhrubby as Mangroves, Brambles, Bam- 

 boes, &c. not growing in the manner of Groves 

 or Arbours, fcattering at convenient Diftances ; 

 but in a continued Thicket, fo clofe fet, that 'tis a 

 very difficult Matter to work one's way through 

 thefe Moraffes. 



TheWea- The Weather is much the fame here as in other 

 ther. Places of the Torrid Zone in this Latitude, but in- 

 Seafon of dining rather to the wet Extreme. The Seafon of 

 the Rams. R a j ns begins in April or May \ and during the 

 Months of June, July and Auguji, the Rains 

 are very violent. It is very hot alfo about this 

 Time, where-ever the Sun breaks out of a Cloud : 

 For the Air is then very fultry, becaufe then ufually 

 there are no Breezes to fan and cool it, but it is all 

 glowing hot. About September the Rains begin to 

 abate : But 'tis November or December, and, it may 

 be, part of January e're they are quite gone : So 

 that 'tis a very wet Country, and has Rains for 2 



Thirds^ 



