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( 121 ) While long neglected, but at length caress'd, His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest, Points to his master's eyes where'er they roam His wistful face, and whines a welcome home.

These islands were discovered by the Portuguese, in their first voyages towards the Cape of Good Hope; they are three in number, the largest being that which we passed at the distance of two miles; it is almost bare of vegetation, but in one small spot on the north side, from whence a stream of water was observed precipitating itself into the sea: except in this place the north side of the island rises abruptly to a peak, the summit of which was at this time veiled by the clouds. These islands abound in

elephants,