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anfl a variety of ]H'nfiis(' vciivtatitm was s])n*afl 

 oxvv tlic fact' f)f iiatiin*. The mil is virl), ami 

 the numerous vegetables (among which the. pur- 

 ple mi, wWtB yams are aluttttdant) planlsd in 

 tlie gftrdetm t>f the mtaves^ are most pi^aliiki.^ 

 The habitations, as I liavc 1m inn' noticed, are 

 raised upon jiosts. wliieli I should suppose, in 

 these marshy situations, are intended to guard 

 against the nii^iuala wMcli ttoj^ 3^ biM ^ 

 sat^^ea 0f tbe gfouiid after tEd xaint, and ^ the 

 influence of whieli the inhabitants wonid he 

 mueli ex]>osed, if their dwellinirj^ were not phieed 

 on an elevated site. The plain is beautiful, and 



ibe haArg^Km^ of land^ap^ m imximi^ 

 hy tmrntek^j i^tyixtf elevation, x^d t^tend- 

 ing in a. 4Ie€^^&& princi])all y from east to west ;'[" 

 sometime'? covered by fleecy clouds, and at 

 others, glowing in the varying and beautifid 

 tints 6f a getting mn, yfha^ its expiring 

 mys, mdimmed by a cloirf, ov«r the towering 

 masses. 



After walkiun- in the vicinity of tlie village, — 

 for our guides evinced no desire of taking us 



* ArnouL' vvhit li the Caiadinm coRtatum, or Bcrar of tlie 

 natives, was also seen planted ; the root ot* which is uaten 

 by tlieni^ iit&t ft has been tirevtotialy wa^M tn i^ter for 

 some time. 



\ The luountaius behind I'cdir range in \ arious directions. 

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