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jx. ■ we supposed it could not be very common. It 
was like a small tench, but of a bright emerald 
green colour, such as we had never seen before, 
nor since ; neither is it described by any author 
that we are acquamted with. We had no 
means of preserving it, and therefore would 
not deprive the poor man of an acquisition with 
which he seemed so delighted, but gave him a 
trifle for the gratification its very extraordinary 
appearance afforded to us, and left it in his 
hands. Notwithstanding the desolate appear- 
ance of the town, its market surprised us, by 
the beauty and variety of the vegetables it 
exhibited. Melons of every sort and quality 
were sold in such number, that boats from all 
the coast of Syria came to be freighted with 
them. Among these, the water-melons were in 
such perfection, that, after tasting them at Jaffa, 
those of any other country do not seem like- the 
same fruit'. Finding that the vessel sent by 
(l) We found near Jaffa four undescribed plants, with several others 
that were rare, particularly the Anahatis spinosissima of JVildenow. 
Ed. lAn. Spec. Plantarum. The new species were as follow. 
I. A non-descript species of Plantago, with flat linear curved leaves, 
about two, or two and a half, inches long, bristly on both sides, 
and at the edges; the flower-stalks hoary, with flat pressed 
hairs, and rising above the leaves ; the spikes cylindrical, a little 
curved, from one to two inches and a half long ; the stamens 
longer than the blossom, but much shorter than the woolly style. 
This 
