iiS TRAVELS IN 
Among thefe numerous families of flowers 
and plants, whofe virgin charms had never 
been unveiled to human eye, I obferved feve- 
ral truly magnificent, and particularly remarked 
onq, which I could not ea^Iy overlook ; it 
was that unlucky geranium, with the points of 
which I had been fo painfully acquai .ted, and 
the marks of which I iliil carried about me. I 
faw feveral of thefe, fome with yellow flowers, 
others with white. Little pradtifed in the ftudy 
of botany, and always more prone to admire 
flowers th^n to deftroy them, I at firft took 
thefe for different fp^cies ; bat I foon changed 
tny opinion, when I perceived that the fame 
flalk frequently bore both white and yellow 
flowers : and upon leavhig this enchanting 
fpot I exprefled my rapture in fomething like; 
the following idyllium : 
Adieu ! yalev*^, hills, geraniums, and flowers 
of every kind ; verdant carpet, enchanting 
banks ; fweet reveries, adieii I I am going tq 
revifit the realms of froft, &c. &c. 
To regain the Namero^ it was neceffary for 
\is to traverfe another chain of mountains 
covered with fnow ; fo that, in lefs than ei^ht 
hours journeying, we had experienced three 
fucceiSve. 
