Then the great feathery fronds of a coconut palm would 
appear against the sky and the illusion vanish. On the 
whole, however, I am more struck by the resemblances which 
this country affords to the landscape, trees, shrubs, and 
birds of New England than by the differences which exist 
between the two. In other words, I had expected every¬ 
thing to be different whereas many sights and sounds are 
essentially the same. 
