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proved such a success here are now so neglected is a marvel. 
From cotton alone large fortune ore said to have been made 
I was informed one proprietor having remitted to France 
£70,000 all drawn from his cotton plantations, (put it down 
at francs and I should think it nearer the mark.) Any way 
cotton of most superior 'growth thrives here equal to the best 
sea Island, in silkiness and length of fibre. The peculiar soil 
and climate are admirably suited to it. How much might not 
such a country produce ! but from the present state of things 
it appears that little trouble is taken to make the most of the 
goods so lavishly provided. The indomitable laissez-aller of 
tropical climates evidently prevails here. 
“As I proceeded up the mountain, I came to some clumps of 
Jamrosas and wild Guavas. The shade was grateful for the 
heat was very great. I had long known that the Jamrosa is 
the favorite food of the Leaf flv ( Phjllium Siccifolium), and its 
branches their especial habitat, so soon commenced a vigorous 
search for them. The peculiar dress nature has bestowed on 
them, enables them well to elude the pursuit of the uninitiat- 
ed. In form they imitate various leaves, and the veining of 
the wings keeps up the resemblance, and at different stages 
the shade of green changes. Some grow to over three inches 
in length, and all have curious leaf like expansions on the legs. 
They hide on the under side of leaves, and it was sometime 
before I succeeded in finding any. When disturbed, they have 
a peculiar way of doubling themselves up, so that the illusion 
continues for they are then like little crumpled up leaflets. 
The eggs resemble a brown seed Carambole form, and are very 
numerous. Those I found were under a loose piece of bark 
iu the crevice of a Jamrosa. Crawling on this tree I saw 
insects of all ages and sizes, some only a quarter of an inch 
long. I brought some away with me as they bear confinement 
•veil, and eat voraciously, but many came to an untimely end 
as their enemy, the small red ant, found them out, and made 
a meal of them. 
“On some of the frees I saw the nests of a Cana or Termite, 
similar fo tlioso in Mauritius but the ants are, I believe, 
different. They are black and very active and bite like the 
mischief. 
