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tuiiipests, Hurviiig' as a place of rt't'iin u for boubicSt 

 tropic, iiiid uthcr (M'cjinic hirds, which here con- 

 gregate and rear tJieir progeny, free from mo- 

 lestation. 



The eo^f m ptoi^eededf fiHtilitgiiiied its 



|)ictyrcs(pie character, the high laild heil)^■ 

 ch)thed with tiiiiher, and the h;)\v coast trendino; 

 I)et\veen the more elevated parts, of a .somewhat 

 similar character to some portions of the island of 

 Jam and otKefislaiPLds of the Itidiaix Air<^peIago» 

 was profusely covered vtith. vti^allon. On 

 PidoWay,*' several clear, and apparently cnl- 

 tivated patclics of hmd were vi^iihle, nnd smoke 

 of fires ; but no habitations couhl i)e ]jercei\ ed. 



01% i;al&itla:^d a^ a for w ild attaxmk In 

 the midst of its wilderness of luxuriant ^'e;L;'efa- 

 tiou. The coast off winch wo liad anchored tlii-s 

 evening, was, for the most part, low ,* except the 

 land being elevated mit tfmfmm tte f^h^ 

 Pedro, it mi& Bot ot such, a verdanfe ^hor 

 racter as the mountainous coast we had pravlOti^y 

 passed ihu'ing tin- da v. Tlie low land, hnwever, 

 abounded in trees; among' wliich, the cocoa-nut 

 palm was both lattmerous and conspicuous* 



folitJwlng' iiraruiiJif , at stiiiii^, the mm- 

 sphere was delightfully cool and refresliin*;- ; and 

 tlie laad-hreezc brought off with it a dcUeioiiJ? 



