PLANTS. 



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a ju'ofiision nfljliic Hnwors ; and brilliant Imttrr- 

 flics am! fjthcr insects flew ahtuil the rich \('gv- 

 tation, wliicli was so profusely strewed about. 



& sip&!ak& af Pmhnm, the younger 



leaves of which several Monieii a\ ere eu|t>'aged in 

 coUeetiiiji' : tliey are bleached by soaking in 

 water, aud afterwards expusing them to the heat 

 of tM 8(im. Being thus i>repared, they loktm^ 

 facture tlx^ intd vwms Miid$ ^^o^axm nmta. 



Tile Thgspt'stff ]mpnhie&^ |kPofusely covered 

 with its lari>'e velhiw flowers, and calh-d ()n- 

 scran " by the natives, was very coumiou about 

 their habitations, forming usually n portion of 

 tl^ faioe arouiidt gaMensr. A lesfiiaiS spe- 

 '<*i^ of the Enphorhiw'cce family, which thev 

 named " Bugar," Avas also growing- plentifidly 

 in the hedges : they did not use it niedicinallv, 

 but said, if the juice was taken internally, it 

 would produce yiol^t paiti and €xees#?e if^mil- 

 iug* JlairiDg 4Uflived at a lisliennan's station, 

 we crossed over a creek in one of the lai-ge fish- 

 ing' hnats, in which the seine was \'ery large, 

 and uKuud'aetured i'roni the fibres of the trunk of 

 u palm, (which I shall hereaft^ im^isik 



the common name of black mr;** it is strong, 



clastic, and \i'ry dnrid>le: 



A unnduT f»f naHves N\ere h^hiiig nj>on the 



