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from west-soutli-we?it to iiortli-west, it was ex- 

 trcnicly agroeaUle ; hut, at the samt* time often 

 caused me to feel regret that I could not ruvel 

 amidst the botanical and othernat»ral productioiiB 



profusion. Bfisl^S-the elevated " Gnl<U'u Moun- 

 tain," there were many of gTeat Iiei^^lit, suiue of 

 a saddle form, and the crateric samiiiits f)f f>r)i( rs 

 imparted additional imj^ortance to the beautiful 



romasdi^ mm^mmmd them. 



Tke hilla became less wooded as we advanced 

 t0 the eastward, and lo?;t much of tlicir tro- 

 pical character. This peculiar fe;itnre of the 

 country was, however, occasiouiiUy resumed — a 

 sa^dy IteSwdlt i»|k®Bti?rl^^ large trees w^ire mt^ 

 tex«^ "with a $m thsa^i^ed M^lifm th^ 

 natives, peeping from the dense foliage of the 

 trees which grew about, with tlu^ cocoa-nut 

 palms waving their leathered branches above 



ihm-^&k agnlfi gsm iS^M tropfcri ^tm^ to 

 our viewer "btrt ^ tmMng Mils ten»matiiif iti 



mountainous C^VaitXy, now but thinly covered 

 witli vegetation, varied the hiudsca])C, ami it 

 possessed little to rendnd the stranger of inter- 

 tropical scenery. 

 It wad t^m a^m^y, wlten vm passed 



thebluH* point, named in the charts, the " Lover's 

 Leap/* and the eoust beyond maintained, tor 



