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some distance, simile features to that we had 

 ])ass(Ml, twrrpting' pomo ])ortions wliicli liad mi 

 iunvasc of i>icturt;sc{ue beauty : the receding" 

 hills were not so elevated ; white cliffs, bare of 

 slimha or any Hud t^f vegeMi<«i* aJwyostf^- 

 pendieutely from the hea^H i^ut the "Lover's 

 Lc:i|) hut still further eastward, tlie coast 

 ag'aiu nhouuded in trees. Hills rose above hills, 

 ha\ ing, in part, a cleared appearance ; but, iu 

 gexieTaI> vegetation was most abundaait* I^y 

 moimtsdns formed the distant prospect; above 

 the whole of which, the " Goldeu Mountain'* 

 rinired its ])eak<Hl summit, tiTiiiiniitiug the rich 

 and varied landscape iu an extremely beautiful 



this ]>art of the coast, there seems to Be a paucity 

 of inlialntauts, aiul no cultivation of the hind 

 was visible. The natives, however, may live in 

 fertile valleys , a short distance from the sea^ 

 coast, and concealed fe» <¥ttir"^iBW, Wie wind 



ami currcut being ndvi^rse^ It' Was impossible fur 

 the shiji to make any progress, and we therefore 

 anchored about seven i*. 31. iu twelve fathoms, a 

 few miles to the eastward of the " Lover's Leap.'' 

 The next day we proceeded along ihe eoastt 

 the features of w hich were similar to tliat'b^^e 

 described ; but beyond "P6dirPoint,"the country 



