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Oa advaacing a few leagues from Foule^ 

 poLnte, towards the high mountains of 

 AmbQtifmene^ tlic land begins to rire, and 

 the plains and the valleys are fhekered from 

 the winds by little hills. The heat here is 

 not inconimodious, becaufe tl^e country is 

 high and covered with wood ; the low 

 lands, which are lefs cuhivated, are more 

 wild and ruraL The iflanders in this pait 

 do not keep their cattle, but fuffer them 

 to wander about without a guide, and widi- 

 out fhackles. 



The meadows, winch are fituated at the 

 bottom of the valleys, are watered by a 

 multitude of ftreamsand rivulets^ the wind- 

 ings of which are fo much the more agree- 

 able as they are formed by the hand of 

 nature* The flowers by which they are 

 enamelled, have more fplendour,'anddifplay 

 a greater variety of colours than thofe with 

 which our meads are ornameatedt Tufts 

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