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in so doiiio;, furtuiuitcly, did m\t mvvt with uiiy 

 luolestatiun froiu the inlmijitants. Ou luiuliii^, 

 usually upon a sandy bea^ of tmk^ of gjlaaite^ 



scarce. The hills were covered, ubout the dv- 

 clivltios, with a hiro'c r|ii;iiitity of shrubs and 

 plants, and a variety of grasses : the siiimuits 



Two or three S|i«d®aL nf Mek^^A w-er^ if^siy 

 dl)l2lidant ; and one species, the quhupwncrvm^ 

 was ill full flower, lieiug heiuitifullv rov rivd with 

 aproiusion of large rose-coloured blossom.^, form- 

 ing a contrast, by their iirlJliancy, to the d ull, un^ 

 intere«iittf ^fearacter of the vege^tation around. 



S('v<M'al (if tlic tV'ru tri!»e wvrv. also ai'kttiaidatit, 

 firber },>y the Irorder? of the rivuh'ts, or strewed 

 o^ rr the declivities and suuiuiits of the hills. 

 Auiou^i' theui was the Olcicheuia hermanH/j Bluck^ 

 mtMi Polt/podtM, "See* ; as '^rell a^a-Mcws, bear* 

 ing stuiilL red fruit, and other shrubs. In the 

 valleys, or aiiy little irrin;itrd spots, the eidtiva- 

 tioii of riee was partit-ularly atteiuhMl to. The 

 fruit of the Jlcldaloma (for several of tiie shrubs 

 were in fructiil^atiou) yielded St dark bluish 

 juice, <Hi which «e^al edeoptermi* in»ecte led. 



Two water snakes were caugbt U|Jon tbr f)ea<"b ; 

 nu(!ofa hrio'ht vellow o\ev the head and ueek, 

 aud of sb'uiler form. Aiuoug other Ijotanicul 



