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162126 [sic] A thick fog uddenly pread itelf over the part of the mountain where I tood, and obliged me immediately to decend. I hould certainly have lot my way, had I not happened to be quite near to the path that leads to the foot of the mountain. Although there blew but little wind at that time upon the Table Mountain, the clouds, after paing over its ummit, precipitated themelves in the form of mits, in the ame manner as when they are impelled by the outh-eat gales.

28th. I enriched my collection with a number of plants which I gathered in the vicinity of the town.

I had hitherto oberved but very few inects, as they do not generally frequent places o much expoed to currents of the air.

On the 29th, I made an excurion on the oppoite ide of the Table Mountain, following the coure of the valley which divides it from the Lion's Mountain.

The cyanella capenis grew quite cloe to the edge of the ea.

Having reached the heights, I had the pleaure to ee the ides of the rocks ornamented with different pecies of hrubs, amongt which the erica halicacaba particularly ditinguihed itelf, by the oval form, and beautiful tints of its flowers. The