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MOUNTAIN-SCENERY. 



consisting of hashes, stews, a peculiar dish 

 of eggs cooked with several vegetables, be- 

 sides chocolate and a pleasant wine from the 

 Canaries, called Islania, and, what I found 

 singularly refreshing, excellent cold water. 

 The pleasure of such a repast cannot be 

 fully understood until after five weeks re- 

 sidence between the tropics, when a differ- 

 ence of temperature and a cooling beverage 

 have peculiar attractions. 



The magnificence and grandeur of the 

 scenery, beheld whilst toiling up this steep, 

 cannot be surpassed. All sides of the moun- 

 tains are thickly wooded, except in a few 

 places, where, by dint of human labour 

 and perseverance, the trees have been cut 

 away, and cultivation has added to the 

 beauty of the situation, by forming " tier- 

 ras" of coffee, plantains, maize, &c. When 

 clouds do not intervene to prevent the pros- 



