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tlie animals were sleek, am! in tnlerahU' I'oiuli- 

 tiim ; we tlicri'fnre vmiw to tliv ruiicliisiuii tliat 

 tlioy were tiiriiud out to ibcd, or, wliat was 

 much more likely, to view the country and Isfci^ 

 duritig the day, and dtiv^n home to feed at 

 mght 



We jnirsned onr dreary path, occasionally 

 passing a few negro lints, and refreshing our- 

 Sdres -with some delicious goats' milk. As W6 

 <same lipoa iji^^diae ptur^m ^ fWt mll^, th^ 

 change of ^cenc M^as certainly most agreeable' J 

 the brown 'parclicd soil whit Ii w e, Inul been so 

 long previously alone regarding, now gave place 

 to the verdant plantations of sugar-cane, manioc, 

 ^anA i^tous European and tropical ^s^ttlent 

 vegetables, wHcli gave a rich and anhna^ 

 character to the scene. The plantations were 

 also intersjK-rsed with a great variety of tropical 

 fruit trtes, such as orange, himon, guava 

 plantain, tamarind^ i^i^lard apple, &c< The 

 tamarmd trees were stunted, compared with the 

 Inieuiiant and elegant growth of those trees in 

 India ; tliev were, lu)\ve^■er, laden with ri[)e 

 fruitj whose powerful acid soon set the teeth on 

 edge of such of our party as wate blinded to 

 paiiake of intends* 



Several trees of tlie Boabaf), or monkey bread- 

 tree, (Adamonia di^Uata,) were now seen, and 



