the weather is stormy, the vcsst'k 1>riiig u|i niider 

 lee of one of the luanerous islands, grouped 



ftbotit tit^^ 15091^.. I bs.t& (o&m 9em tb<^ 



bled, from twenty to fifty, for the night, under 



the lee of onv of them, on tlie slmre cdose to 

 w hich J some small iriiseriil >le tliatched lints, eon- 

 taining' nunihcrs of wretelied inmates, and small 



pgri!cli«« jrfeoliiiritteji imA trace tMWe* 



On the 10th m^ei^ <tf Bong Kong liskiad« 



It is lofty, bold, and occasionally its barren 

 appearance is diversified liy the verdure of the 

 ferns and other plants, which give some beauty 

 to 1ih4 lluge piles of f^^^ Isoim^s^ td^ds Hie 

 heairen% iiL geiktly skpli^ ^inr^l as dbttif^t 

 vities* Jttx)no part a small cascade fell from the 

 rocks aliove into the ocean al>yss l>eneath, and 

 other 2->hices bore the appearunce of mountain 



tomnts being fomeil teiiag h^^eugr vaiijis. 

 Dr. Abel, who Imi&i wptm ii, say&, I took 



advantage of the first \> atenng boat to visit tlie 

 shore, and made one of these mountains and the 

 waterfall the principal objects of my visit. Tiiis 

 TOj^URtflm, the highe?! w die ited, % a^orf- 

 iiif t^ Captaim Boss, wh© ha» tneasiwed it, about 

 Mbeen. hundred feet above tlie level of the sea, 

 and is composed of trajt apjjroaehing to basalt 

 in the compactness of its structure. In ascending 

 it, I followed the course of a delightful stream. 



