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cotton from its pendant seeds; the broad-leaved 
banana, disturbed by the squirrel in his evening 
gambols, moved slowly to and fro; while on high the 
graceful palms reared their drooping plumes, and lent 
their trailing dependents, the parasitic orchidaceoe, to 
scatter their blossoms, and dilfuse their odours, over a 
spot sacred to the memory of the philanthropist, the 
man of science, and the “ friends of Africa.” 
July 'Itli . — All our preparations having been com- 
pleted, we set sail for England; our thoughts, which, 
but a few days previously, had been cheerfully bent 
on the prosecution of an arduous duty, were now 
turned with more joyful feelings towards home, the 
factitious excitement having ceased to exist. 
