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appeared good, and well fitted to produce all 
tropical grains, vegetables, &c. in perfection. 
We left Jaroomy at six o'clock on the S6th, 
and travelled east over a gently ascending coun- 
try, beautifully wooded, until half-past seven, 
when we came to a small town called Jonkacon- 
da, ^inhabited by Bushreens, and very prettily si- 
tuated on a little hill under the shade of some 
few large trees, somewhat resembling the horse 
chestnut, except that the trunk is covered with 
large sharp protuberances in the shape of thorns. 
It produces a quantity of silky cotton, in pods 
of an oval shape, about five inches long and 
four in circumference ; these burst when ripe, 
and contain each about half an ounce of this 
cotton. The natives do not make any use of it j 
they prefer the common cotton, from which they 
manufacture all their clothes. There the path 
turned a little to the south of east, and led us 
over a country similar to that already men- 
tioned, with this difference, that the wood was 
rather closer. 
At half after eight, we reached another small 
village (Lemaine), the chief of which, a good- 
looking young man, w^as very civil, and made us 
a present of some palm wine, in return for which 
we gave him three bars in amber beads, &c. 
He paid us a visit at our bivouac under some 
shady trees. He was attended by about fifteen 
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