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PT.AINS AND V.M.I. KVS. 



('crar] and a very pri-tty nmroirifhfs, with lilac 

 Hdwcrs, climbed over rocks and trees iu good 

 soil. 



FjpisJttttljis place we prooiiedrf to mt deali'^ 

 nadjtHt. The sum tm^n% ^ k^Otn- 



venicnce was in sorae^ ^d<6gree mitigated by a 

 dt'lio-litfiil liorth-rast trade breeze. We passed 

 over scorched plains, about which a few stunted 



places some wretdbdl ke^ of Mtr^f^ 



In a small vale we ]>aRsed a rivul^^f delieioiLs 

 watrr, at which several negresses W'Crc bu.-^ily 

 engaged in washing linen. The springs of 

 water ^jimt m&^&o.t, dad ih^ere smm to be 



defielem^ of it in its&^ ; Imi ib^ imni 

 of rain h often severely felt : it was stated 

 to me, tliat iliiriiig' the previous twenty months 

 only half an iiicli has fallen on this island. 



Continuing our journey, we passed several 



fruit, vegetables, orchilla weed, &c. to the town 



for sale, upon asses, with jjaniiiiMs made from 

 bullocks' hides. The animals seemed in ex- 

 cellent comlilion, at which we were not a little 



surprised, ^St<m lAat we had seea otiihe steiility 

 ^ iihe mil. A lew mt^e ime alsd a^ 'wanr 



dering over thi' jjlains, where barely a >j)eck 

 of verdure tinged the barren volcanic rocks,^ still 



