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tlie high land, and the breesse dimitlishcHl. The 



wcatlier was sliowery ami unscttltMl, aixl tlio 

 ?liil> aucliored in the cxoiiing in " Gingioug 

 roads," iu eleven fathoms, about five or six miles 



Th^ Im^A had ^ Io%^l^^ abounding in 



profusp \ rp:(nati(>u, aiul was possessed of much 

 TOinautic and jjicturc-fjue Ix'auty. Since we en- 

 tered the passage, imd proceeded along the 

 C0ss^^ the mountains rose in peaked and various 

 faatastie groups, forming the tmck view of the 

 landscape ; tlu' low land, near the hcach, was 

 covered M itli tiiul)er ; hills rose graihially one 

 beyond another, terminated by lofty mountains, 



oeoasiomilly impeded by fleecy clouds passing 

 ov<*r, li'iviiig afterwards an increased, anhiiated 

 appearance to the scene, by the refreshing 

 fikjwers they produced* At dlstsms^ firom 

 tlie mmti Ititd, strag^ng ^oc^a were si»n^m^ 

 seen, either rising solitary, or in clusters from 

 th<* ocean's depths ; some covered with a se;inty 

 vegetation, whilst the bare summits and declivi- 

 iiW ctf $^et^ had a volcanic character ; around 

 their hmes, ilie br^km dashed ikrfmisly, knd 

 the wliite foam raged against tliose rugged sides, 

 which had stood the violence of a thousand 



