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of the river itself visible at intervals, winding like a 
silver thread through the dark morass. 
The rocky hill-side below the house is thickly 
studded with fruit-trees, principally consisting of the 
luscious and juicy Sweet-sop [Anona squamosa), but 
mingled with Oranges and Limes, all greatly mul- 
tiplied by self-plantation. Some trees grow among 
them apparently for ornament ; the brilliant scarlet 
blossoms of a Coral-tree {Erytlirina), and its equally 
showy seeds, display themselves at the different sea- 
sons here ; and just below the window is a fine Moringa 
or Horse-radish tree {Moringa pterygosperma), where 
we may see the various species of Humming-birds 
buzzing round and round, like bees, all day long, 
and at all seasons of the year, within a yard or two 
of our face. 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
I had left England with high expectations of the 
richness of the West Indian entomology: large and 
gaily-coloured beetles, I supposed, would be crawling 
on almost every shrub, gorgeous butterflies be filling 
the air, moths be swarming about the forest-edges at 
night, and caterpillars be beaten from every bush. 
These expectations were far from being realised ; a 
few species of butterflies, chiefly Pieris, Callidryas, 
Terias, Heliconia cliaritonia, Argynnis yassiflorce, 
and A, Delila, Cystineura mardania, and one or two 
NymphalidcR and LyccEnadce, are indeed common 
enough at all times, and in almost all situations ; 
others are abundant at a particular season or locality ; 
but in general butterflies are to be obtained only 
