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50 tions of vines, we found ourelves urrounded with chenut-trees, which cover the mot elevated regions of thee mountains.

In the clefts between the mountains, I oberved the polipodium virginicum, and everal pecies of the laurel that were new to me, amongt the ret the laura indica of Linnæus.

Although we purpoed to perform our journey within a pace of not many days, we ought to have provided ourelves with a larger tock of hoes; for even the tronget oles were oon ground to pieces by the lava on which we walked.

It was near noon when we arrived at the height of the clouds, which pread a thick dew over the bruh-wood through which our road led us.

One hould think that the abundance of rain which falls upon thee heights, in conequence of the natural propenity of the atmophere, mut give

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