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fpecies, Bignonia fempervireris, B. crueigera, Rham* 
nus volu bills. &c. T his dark labyrinth is fu.cceeded 
by a great extent of fait plains, beyond which die 
boundlefs ocean is ken. Betwixt the dark foreft 
and the fait plains, I croffed a rivulet of frdh wa- 
ter, where I fat down a while to reft myfelf, under 
the Ihadow of fweet Bays and Oaks ; the lively 
breezes were perfumed by the fragrant breath of 
the f perb Crinum, called by the inhabitants, White 
Lily. This admirable beauty of the fea-coaft- 
i hands dwells in the humid fhady groves, where the 
foil is made fertile and mellow by the admixture of 
fea fhells. The delicate ftruCture of its fpadix, its 
green broad leaves, and the texture and whitenefs 
of its flowers, at once charmed me. The Euphor- 
bia pl6bi, Salvia coccinea, and Ipomea ereCta, 
were alfo.feated in front of my refting place, as 
well as the Lycium falfum (perhaps L. Afrurn Linn.) 
a very beautiful ever-green fhrub, its cerulean 
ilow r ers, and coral red berries, always on its 
branches, forming not the leaft of its beauties. 
Time now admoniftiing me to rife and be going, 
I, with reluctance, broke away from this affembly 
of maritime beauties. 
Continuing on, fouthward, the fait plains on my 
left hand infenfibly became narrower, and I at 
length reached the ftrand, which was level, firm, 
and paved with fhells, and afforded. me a grand 
view 1 of the boundlefs ocean. 
0 thou Creator fupreme, almighty ! how infinite 
and incomprehenfible thy works ! moft perfect, and 
every way aftonifhing! 
1 continued nearly a mile along this firm fandy 
beach, the waves of the fea fometimes wafhing my 
horfe’s 
