I'OUTO PIIAYA. 



After dinner we paid a visit to the sliore ; the 

 l:ni(liiin'-placc is very iiicoiivi'iiii'iit, and nftrii 

 (hiugxTuus, from the surf, which at this time was 

 ^rttmately n<yt; Mgk. landing we had to 



wdk a soft mitidj md, varied Ofiotly by 

 lai^e stores coming in cimtaet witli our feet, 

 nnd assuring" us of their presence by the \)n'm 

 tliey occasioned. Several miseral)le date pahns 

 and dusty plants of Aloe perfolkita (a few of tlie 

 latter hm^ in grew by the ioad ^<Je. 



Then hf Sf-lfiiiifllng and steep ascent, coverctl hy 

 loose stones, wc arrived at the rnwn, whieli is 

 built upon a table land of moderate eh vation, 

 and on this side of tlic approacli tliere is a battery 



tions I had previously perused, the town appears 

 to have been much hnprovetl since they had been 

 written, but stil! it has nothing of iutei'esf to re- 

 commend it; but the view of the bay and shipping 



tnm fte devajsdrft^ u very pretty. TbePhm 

 ^li vfhhh tlui j^meaa mtssid mld^, anil where 



til ere is a small church, which as yet cannot boast 

 nl' ;i strt'|tle,) cfmtains the best houses and stores, 

 where ahuost auy suppHes of foreign manufacture 

 can he puteb^sed, hut at exorbitant prices. 



At th« feiiod of xmt vish^ this, m^h^t with 

 the whole of the Jfifeuds of thv gi'<nij> were suffer- 

 ing from a severe and loiig drought; this one, 



