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] The falco erpentarius of Linnæus I aw very tame in a houe belonging to the Governor.

The menagery ituated, at the extremity of this garden, contained but a very mall number of uncommon animals, the chief of which were the otrich, the zebra, the porcupine, the jackall, and everal birds; amongt others, the bald-headed curlieu of Buffon, (tentalus calvus, Linn.)

The gales were les violent in the evening, and gave us hopes of fine weather.

A veel employed in the lave-trade lay at anchor in the road. It had lately arrived from Mozambique, and its cargo of four hundred negroes were, for the preent, on hore. It was a mot melancholy pectacle, to behold thee mierable wretches, the greater part of whom were already afflicted with the curvy, after a very hort paage, crowded into three narrow rooms, from whence they were hortly to be carried on board, doomed to wate their lives in upporting the luxury of ome wealthy American. The hip had been trading with countries where dogs are in great requet; and thee dealers in human lives did not cruple to avow that they often purchaed two or three blacks for one handome dog.

On the 22d, I pent the day in examining the Lion's Mountain. The oil of this mountain, which derives its name from the appearance which it