SfWOBOUfS ROCKS. 



iiiiiei" or >liclU'i'ed U)wanls the valley, were 



m^^i by tiie Hill pines, or Shan, tchong* of 

 ilte tMneBSi Pirns mmnms of botmiil^ of 



wliieli I collected ;i few s])ecimeii!5 hi a state of 

 fVut'tiliratioii. ulets iiieamlrriiif*- tliroiigli tlie 



valley, irrigate aud fertilize the soil ; and tlieir 

 banks are co?ert$d iBpth a profusion of wild plants, 

 a auniber of MyrttiS loincaifoeat Sida, Ur- 



tiea, Mclastonia quinqiic-nev\ ia, (or Kai, eliee, 

 nt eiM, of the { 'hiiiese,) and a multitude of others. 

 FroiH the ealli\ated, \\v eniiie niJun a wilder, 

 more stony, aud less beaiititul part of the valley, 

 a«icm^ seatteed nuisses of granite rocks> iaboiit 

 winch a wild and profose vegeta^on waa la- 

 vished. 



At one part, niy attention ^ as directed to a 

 mass of granite rocks, appearing as if the^ had 



been MCfid t^lhi&t % ^som^ &mvxildm 4f 

 najtiire, and many ^ them were Icmnd ixf b& 

 moveahle, when tr(nlden V£pm^ of these 



were described as heing sonorous ; and as they 

 were regarded as one of the Macao lions, they 

 wfiare of course well wortli seeing, if it was only 

 for the-pleasuTfi of rektiitg to th$ti pfu 



had sem ihm* The first, mdi "by fer Jie iiio^t 



sonorous, was jiartially excavated uuderueat1i| 

 aiid by strikint;- it tqnm the ujtper ])art, a deep 

 Shun signilie>. Iiill ; ami idiong ihv {niie tree. , 



