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afterwards colouring it, tfio appearance produced 

 is very excolieiit; hut, it is only Ity re])patp(l 

 fcrials that the l)t'st aud most accurate methods 

 i>f presterving objecia of n^ttiTal fakto^ imt li# 



that of preserring ^em aG&ur^tely in thmr na** 

 tural appearance. 



We had the N.E. trade in lat 28" N. and 

 loi^. 18*^ ir Wv mi U Utoise g. Jii. of tU S5tli 

 ina^e^© *' Non3ifflik Saddle Hitt/* (F.W^liill,) 

 on the island of Sal, (Cajie Verd group,) bearing 

 S. E. about six lea<»;ucs dis^^tant. 



The announoeiueut of laud in sig'ht/' and 

 ihe deHghtful sensations produced by it, can 

 mlj be nippmlaiiiad! mh$ hsm for some 



length of time been t^Sfirf^bout on the deep, 

 deep sea," for many a weary day, witli uotliinti: 

 but sea and sky to gaze upon. All hasten on 

 deck as soon as the land is stated to be visible ; 

 fife l^t lis m£k&t indl&tiuct form, m It tl^ 



the ll0lte>»j ^som mot excite so miicli interest; 

 but, on a nearer approaeli, the variously tinted 

 strata of the lofty mountains become visibh?, and 

 plantations, trees, shrubs, and neat habitatious 

 cheer the efB ; utid, m Iflsidi&g, u pmias^m 

 the floral beauties of the vegetable kingdom, 

 with luitterflies vieing with them in s[)lendour of 

 tints, or several species of the coleoptera tribe 



