rUK UlH'IllLLA WEliD. 



Some of [)\v tarms plantatitiiis wvvo in 



very fiiir and luxuriant ('oiidllinii, and iJiis \va.- 

 ail enjoy nicut to us after the arid country wc had 

 be&re mm^ iss&xiU $immt of vegetation, ^tid 

 <J£hrer^5cl idtii loose stdnes. Of tlio feathered 

 tri1)e, altlioiigli not very numerous, a few wvrv 

 s]n>t by one of tlie party, amnn^^ wliicli we're two 

 spticimens of JIaivi/ou seucj^aiens'tSi uud a tine 

 hmk ; qnmh tMii^ fowfe (W'&mM me^ 

 imgm, Lhm.) abuBdaiat, and s«veml 



of tile former were also shot ; the |^0W aod 

 several speeies of FnttijUife wen* likewise seen, 

 hi the afteruoon we returned to the town. 

 The populatlszi ^tsfiisis -fe? liia wsM p^tt of 

 m\iJ«lt08 and negroes t frmt, aoccludbg plan- 

 tains, bananas, orangx's, and fdn^-apples, was 

 abundant, but not yet fidly in senson. 



Among the very few decent houses in tiiis 

 paltry town, wag one, the residence of a Don 



(uirt ol' the tivv. Itii pulp is slightly acid and agreuabk', and 

 JrcHjuciitl) L'Littn; wliile die juice is expressed from it, mixed 

 witli sugar, and constitutes a drink wliicli is valueil as a 

 specific in putrid and pestilential f&verfi." — lioofter's .Bot* 



in F'i^}pt ill i]y>L'ntcry. It Is cliicily ("unipiijicul oi' a j^utn* 

 like gum Senegal, a sugary matter, starcli, untl an acid, nludi 



M. in the iVtffc <of'lM(mjf, 



