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pearance of duration. I appeal to those, who, 

 more sensible of the beauties of nature than of 

 the charms of social life, have long resided in 

 the torrid zone. How dear, how memorable 

 during life, is the land where they first disem- 

 barked ! A vague desire to revisit that spot 

 roots itself in their minds to the most advanced 

 age. Cumana and it's dusty soil are still more 

 frequently present to my imagination, than all 

 the wonders of the Cordilleras. Beneath the 

 fine sky of the south, the light, and the magic 

 of the aerial hues, embellish a land almost des- 

 titute of vegetation. The Sun does not merely 

 enlighten, it colours the objects, and wraps 

 them in a thin vapour, which, without changing 

 the transparency of the air, renders it's tints 

 more harmonious, softens the effects of the light, 

 and diffuses over nature that calm, which is re- 

 flected in our souls. To explain this vivid im- 

 pression, which the aspect of the scenery in the 

 two Indias produces, even on coasts where 

 there is little wood, it will be sufficient to re- 

 collect, that the beauty of the sky augments 

 from Naples toward the equator, almost as 

 much as from Provence toward the south of 

 Italy. 



We passed at high water the bar which 

 the little river Manzanares has formed at it's 

 mouth. The evening breeze gently swelled 

 the waves of the Gulf of Cariaco. The moon 



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