S0N6> m^G'^ 



Mt(ca!tfj>t{fs, cort/mbosa^ wliicli wvra proFuscly co- 

 vvrt'il wi th clusters of snowy !>loj;suiiis. Tlu* large 

 lorest trees id this rotintry have very siiiuU roots 

 in propuriioii to their size aud elevation, so much 

 SO as to «S2mte dtdiprise horn &ey are capable^ of 

 standing ag^mst tlie mmt^ gusts of wind to 

 whicli they are freqnently exposed ; and yet for 

 trees to be uprooted by tluit ciuise is coriijia- 

 rutively rare, — showing that nature is always 



mtm% in 1m wmK ib^i^t^r It tmf 6f^ 

 ai^pgarto judgment. 



On ap]pit©5«sliiiig the settlement of " Bong^ 

 Bong,"" the w'ild forest had, in most places, given 

 way to a cleared, cultivated, and beautiful 

 country, fonning a strong conti^^ the gloomy 

 bttfthi m& passpd mt loaf b^wc. Tim ^Ivid 

 greeiL lll«l &lds of grain, in ear, but not yet 

 mature, gave promise of a plentit'id harvest ; and 

 clumps of trees, scattered about tlie pastures, 

 sufHcieut to shelter the cattle from the parch- 

 ing h^U i^mmimTi 944^ tlte pleading eha- 

 racter of the scenery. Th0. Hjfeat cottages, to 

 which liarns, stables, Sec. wefSbliilt^lied, sprinkled 

 over the landsca[Hi ; the distant wooded hills ; 

 and smiling fields, animated by cattle, — coidd 

 not Ml ^ mdl&n^ ji^mrsAit sensations, and 

 ^ ^ifmnhU imft^^im jrf tii& *^ fend trf pro 

 misc/' suiBcimt to banisli tlie disappointnient 



