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3ts as P ce * forcibly cxom plifios 
ct , ern 5y° lltl \ °f nature,” which is an inexhaustible 
source of motion and of life. 
P ,5 r d ?f n f- "Inch is seen only in cultivated sl >ots in the 
canai y Islands, at Madeira, and Porto Santo, presents a 
unions phenomenon with respect to the migration of plants, 
it 1 as never been found in a wild state on the continent of 
u-nna. the hast Indies is its real country ITow lias tie's 
tree been transplanted to Tcneriffo, where 'it is bv no means 
, . l , ,oc ® lts existence prove, that, at son'io verv dis- 
ant peuod, the Guanches had connexions with other nations 
originally from Asia f * narions 
On leaving Orotava, a narrow and stony pathway led us 
1, rough a beautiful forest of chesnnt trees (ei n,on?e de CW- 
tanos) to a site covered with brambles, some species of 
laurels, and arborescent heaths. The trunks of the latter -row 
Sr dmary S1ZC ; and the with wliich tl.ev 
aie loaded form an agreeable contrast, during a great part 
if the J ear, to the Hypericum cauariense, which is very 
anindant at this height. We stopped to tako in our pro- 
I li own °inThp ei ' UU f ei ' f T? litary fir ‘ tTee ' Tllis station is 
knoun m the country by the name of Pino del Dornaiito 
de Borfh t0 the b i lr0ni0,rical measurement of m! 
Jioula, is o__ toises; and it commands a magnificent 
prospect of the sea, and the whole of the northern art "} 
S the ™ti,w?v Ci is Pm ° dBl D0majit0 ’ a littl0 011 thl right 
ot the patliwai , is a copious spring of water, into which we 
plunged the thermometer, which fell to 15.4°. At a hundred 
toises distance from this spring is another equally limpid If 
we admit that these waters indicate nearl? the mean heat 
tion oflTstlfct^fn t 8 ^ ™ ma * lk tlic ^solute eleva- 
the station at o20 toises, supposing the mean tempera- 
Ippeara^The^Wnge 4 Conva11 ^ '^ whfch'Yt has alUhe 
” “ ^veral American plants, winch do not belong to the same 
the i nice of thl T ““f ar6 lianas ' At La S"na, toothpicks steeped in 
extolled as hi t o.hn, d , ,aS f° 1 J'J 1 ' ee , are - ma ‘i 6 iu the nunneries > and a>'e much 
as highly useful for keeping the gums in a healthy state. 
