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iiuiij> character of the country'. On ad%aiu!iiig, 

 tliu distant view of a cascade, wliicii Mis into a 



and which supplies tho sLippinL:,- \vi(li tin- 

 ccsfiarv artielr of is ii ph sisiiiii" siiilit, the 



watiT hi'iu^- i'on\ eye4 to tlie kiuding-place attlie 

 town hy means of iron pipes. 

 The BtmM m passed on tlie right, but much 



heing tibial, t^ittporary residence of the 0f^t^mO^ 

 There nre some plantations of nudhcrrv-trees at 

 tliis place, for the purpose of introdiieino- tljo 

 cultivation of silk on the island ; but whieli, I 

 should suppose, mO. succeed to any ex- 



Before reaching- the grave, l^a^e is cliarmed 

 hy the deep gleiis, ])hnitations, and neat houses. 

 The furze-bushes with their yellow blossoms, the 



bmaiblei mi uther EoTopean plants, reminded 

 the voyaiger ^ home and all ila* ostdesidiig 

 charms. The hedges of the aloe, with its high 

 >t<'ni surmonnted by clusters of flowers, together 

 with the carolling of the numerous birds from 

 all countries, which had been iutrodueed bmA ael; 

 at Ubei% tm the island^ ftusareai^d ihie d#gM 

 which had been already experienced.* The 



* Sojnjts of die Hr-trecs iji the jiUnUaiiom* wv passed Jiud 



