one face of a deep ravine, at the bottom of which 

 a rapid rivulet foams along, dashing from cascade 

 to ca>cade in its precipitous career. The oppo- 

 site bank rises in ^rlooiny abruptness, clouded, 

 rather than clothed , by thickly wedged and tow- 

 ering forest trees, the topmost ones of which are 

 enveloped in the mists wreathed around the moun- 

 tain brow. 



Captain Low s hiil is the northernmost of a 

 small chain which runs along the coast, and di- 

 verges at an angle from the southern extremity 

 of the principal chain. The clearing of this hill 

 was only conmienced upon in 1829. The range 

 of the thermometer is about five degrees lower 

 than it is in the valley. 



Lan8downe,San.s Souci, and Belmont, form toge- 

 ther that range which is usually termed the Pent- 

 land one, Cultivalionon these is universal, tl»e fo- 

 rest trees having been entirely superseded by tfie 

 mangusteen, the clove, and the nutmeg, trees, 

 whose re^^^mar disposal along the sides, however 

 unpiciiirfscpte, is nevertheless pleasing to the eye, 

 Tne views from these hills comprize principally 

 the three vallies, respectively denominated the 

 Southern, Western, and the Great Tree, vallies. 

 They are generally less liable to fogs chiefly 

 than the Great Hill, which circumstance may be 

 attributed' to the total absence of jungle- The 

 thermometer averages from 8 to 10 degrees 

 lower than in the valley, and as its daily variati- 

 ons are much less violent, than on Mount llygeia, 

 these hills appear better adapted for invalids 

 than the latter 



