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blossoms, and charmed the eye, (fatigued by cou- 

 tiBUally gazing oil &e grem foliiige witliPTjt 

 vanoty, allfaoilgb it grati^ed m M\m mm> 



A pleasant cveuing drive, f>r junnu'Dade, is 

 obtained npon the Minding road leading to the 

 Goverument-hillj which passes close by what 



^Km {ma€iAy^ mm relavot &e mm^ 

 0% lihe Botastld m Essji^mental Gat den. Many 



of the hedges on this road are formed by an 

 elegant small leaved Ijamboo, witli its pendent 

 branches drooping in graceful tufts, the tree 

 iMI ikM awning the el«si^<m mml ^ik ^o^bmt 



bamboo forms a very beautiful, as well as com 

 pact fence. On attaining tlie gentle and gra- 

 dual rise of the hill, the view that expands itself 

 is both extensive and grand ; embracing a wide 

 porlion ^ tM& 6|)l^did Mand, and &dming ledl^ 

 'ijags of regret in the mind of the spectator, tliat 

 so much fertile land should be permitted to lie 

 waste. Turning our eyes in another direction 

 from the gloomy mass of forest scenery and un- 

 dillata^g laiid^ ^^Eit^dlng txjf ^ hoi&Mf a wmte 

 aninnitcd and pleasing soene IS spread before m. 

 Neat white houses and elegant mansions are seen 

 on th<* f)[ien j)l!dn, or ]>eeping above tlie dense 

 vegetation when c(mstructed upon a gentle rising 



