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that these plants were growing on hard, barren rocks, washed at 
times by sea-spray, and shaded only by the over-hanging cocoanut 
and other trees that were scattered along the beach. The same 
plant was also found making its home on the clean stems or roots 
of trees, but nowhere was it found in suck luxuriousness as on 
this rocky headland. 
There was seen near this spot a specimen of. the same kind 
of tree, from which I had formerly tried to detach seed with the 
fowling piece ; but though equally inaccessible, I was glad to find 
that it was in blossom and that some fairly perfect flowers had 
fallen to the ground. These were duly secured, and from even 
this scant material, the name of the tree has been determined. 
I learnt that it produced a dye or pigment used by the’ Indians 
for painting their faces, and it may therefore possibly prove of 
economic value. It is locally known as the Indian Ink tree,” 
but scientifically as Genipa Americana, L. 
Chapter IY, 
Journey to Jessy Town on the Wari-Marra River — Missionary Party — Size and 
character of .Canoe — Ihirty miles of open Sea— Crossing thcBar—lhe Wari- 
hiarra — Raphia, tcedigera—Mon. Rothcliild on the influence of Vegetation — 
Wallace's descriation— Riley's Ranch — '‘Raboons" — Macaws — Toucans— lurhey 
Qualm (Penelope cristata) — Wild Cane — The Rapids— Indian Paint source 
of— Mission House— Pimento Palm— Dogs— Silh Grass. 
A day or two afterwards we prepared for a journey into the 
interior, to a place called Jessy Town. This was a mission station, 
kept up and maintained solely by the local Methodist Free 
Church for the Indians living on the banks of, and in the neigh- 
bourhood of the Wari-biara or Wild Hog River. 
A stock of provisions and the necessary camping material 
having been duly provided, we set sail accompanied by a 
Missionary party of four men and six women, whom, with Mr. 
Griffiths and the writer made up a complement of 12 persons. 
Our means of transit was a splendid canoe, beautifully built or 
rather ^^dug out” of cedar (Cedrela odorata, L.). It measured 
30 feet in length and 5 feet 6 inches in beam, having an added 
gunwale of some 8 inches, and strengthened with ribs at intervals 
of 18 inches. She was furnished with two masts, each of which 
carried a sail of triangular shape, and were fitted with light and 
portable booms, while to a short and stout bowsprit the gib was 
made fast. When close hauled she was a good sailer, but 
when before the wind she proved to be a regular Deer-hound.^* 
We started with a fair wind at about 8 a. ra. and made our 
way to the southward down the Lagoon, at mid-day landing at 
Salm-wood point on the south-west extremity of Pope’s Island, 
where we stayed but a few minutes only for refreshment, as we 
