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the interior of tlie island —Botanical protluctions— Chinese 

 fstrxnB and plantations — Pepper liarvest — Plantain-trees— 

 Gdmbir plantatlond— BoHing limises^Culttvation and pre- 

 paration of Gambir — Dense vegetatioft ef the Jungles — 

 E$tablighment pf a dunese-pUmter « * 17^ 



CHAPTEtt X. 



Excursion further inland — Dense forest — An extensive 

 swamp —Pariisitical plants — Fungi — The pitcher plant — . 

 Kettmi to Sb^p0c^--^|!iii^ wlM piia^^}&-^tk$ 

 plimt— Manufactary*^ p^arl sago— Visit to tb$ e# 

 Jobore— Interviei^ his Highness— Excursion to St, 

 JM's Iglkad— !l^iilp Biajang--Impeijetrable jungle—New 

 Hajrbcittr— Agar«agar4 . « . 



CHAPTER XL 



Sail for England — Cro;raed Pigeons — Straits of Dryan— Banca 

 Straits— Zutphen Islands —Escape and re-capture of a 

 <:rcwned pigeon — Death of one o£ those blrds^^^isgd^etidst 

 —1Paa? the Cajjc of Good Hope— Fine weadner^-itthe 

 trumpet weed — V'olciinie rocks— St* Helena — Buttermilk 

 Point— James's Town — Ficus Eeligiosa — Over-population 

 d T^wn— Visit to the vesSi&ice of Ha- 

 polieon * 1^ . . $SiB 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Tomb of Napoleon— The willows— Contrasted feelings of the 

 French and English visitors to Buonaparte's grave — Fish — 

 Sail from St. Helena— Island of Ascension — Frigate birds 



