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one at whom tlie gun had been levelled, was so 

 fii^tened, (and certainly with good cause,) 

 althora^h he had not received -imy iiijti^, that M 

 Sprin^ng away to a tree, at some distance, lie 

 nearly missed it, and luuig' for a few minutes I>y 

 one arm, in an exposed and insecure situation, 

 upon a small twig, screaming most dreadfully. 

 Tim htmjSsim m 0^ m^e^ xajiidly 



made hl^ ir^re^y m his i^paxiidiis bs4 



done Itefore ; and his screams wore hea!^ fe? 

 some time after he had buried himself iB the 

 thick forest. 

 Upon mmy of &e mm lbmxs^n£i htps the 



pendrhtm, kc, abounded, mingled with various 

 curious and eleg'ant parasitical plants ; and 

 upon the prostrate trunks of the dead trees, 



dltesa lajr msm the f«imt, kveSed by like 

 tempest or a:i:e^ Tacteties- of fungi, 



glowing in reft* goldos^ or other colours, were 



mingled with lichens. 



On our arrival at an extensive swamp, in which, 

 however, the densene&s and beauty of the forest 

 semiery had mt in slightest degree diiul-^ 

 nished, the lofty trees ami profuse tropical vege- 

 tation, aHordcd. by tlicir iiuiln-agcous coverings, 

 a cool and agreeable shelter from the fervour 

 of a noon-day tropical sun, smd rendered the 

 excursion particularly pleasant. The only pas- 



