40 TRAVELS IN 
ters, fo favourable to their crops. In no part 
of the colony do the meadows enjoy the fame 
degree of fmiling verdure j the freflinefs of 
which is fuch, that the fight alone is fufEcient, 
in this burning climate, to fafcinate the eye 
of the traveller, charm his imagination, and 
actually fufpend his fatigues. The canton of 
the Twenty-four-Rivers is the Eden of Africa, 
where we walk through groves of pampelmoes^^ , 
citrons, and oranges; where the fmell is de- 
licioufly regaled by the perfume of the flowers, 
and where a flight fhade invites to repofe, to 
thoughtfulnefs, and meditation. Every thing 
round thefe gardens equally tends to fupport 
the delufion of enchantment. The eye ex- 
tends to a difl:ance, and beholds a magnificent 
horizon. Some rifing hills ernbellifli and di- 
verfify the plains, which are bounded by 
mountains, the fummits of which are hid 
among the clouds. We find at our feet 
whatever is necefl^ary to our wants, or that 
confl:itutes the enjoyment and luxury of life. 
The attraction of this fpot is fo great, that 
we cannot help wifliing we could build an ha- 
* A fpecies of citron that bears in the Weft-India 
Iflands the name of fhaddock : the fruit is larger than the 
orange, of a redder pulp, and a bitterifh flavour. T. 
bitation 
