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found. The gneiss did not act upon the mag- 

 netic needle : yet along the coast, which forms 

 a cove toward Cape Codera, and which is co- 

 vered with a fine forest, I saw magnetic sands 

 mixed with spangles of mica, which are depo- 

 sited by the sea. This phenomenon occurs 

 again near the port of La Guayra. It perhaps 

 denotes the existence of some strata of horn- 

 blende schistus covered by the waters, in which 

 schistus the sand is disseminated. Cape Co- 

 dera forms toward the north an immense 

 spherical segment. A very low sand stretches 

 at it's foot, which is known to navigators by the 

 name of the points of Tutumo and of San Fran- 

 cisco. 



My fellow travellers dreaded so much the 

 rolling of our little vessel, in a rough and swell- 

 ing sea, that they resolved to take the road 

 by land, which leads from Higuerota to Carac- 

 cas. This passes through a wild and damp 

 country, by the Montana of Capaya north of 

 Caucagua, and the valley of Rio Guatira and 

 Guarenas. I found with satisfaction that Mr. 

 Bonpland preferred this road, which, notwith- 

 standing the continual rains, and the overflow- 

 ing of the rivers, procured him a rich collection 

 of new plants*. For my part, I continued 



* Bauhinia ferruginea, brownea racemosa Bred., inga 

 hymenaeifolia, i. curiepensis, which Mr. Wiidenouw has 

 called by mistake i. caripensis, &c. 



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