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Oct.] by immediately kindling a very large fire. Mot of our company were o very much fatigued with their toilome journey, that they had no other wih left than to make the bet of their way back to St. Croix; although we had agreed at etting out from Orotava, that we would return by the oppoite ide of the mountains. But as we were no longer all of the ame mind, it was ettled that thoe who had already atisfied their curioity, hould return to the hips; whilt the gardener and myelf alone reolved to complete our firt deign. All our guides wihed to accompany thoe who were returning to the hips, o that it was with great difficulty that I could peruade one of them to attend us.

I was gratified with finding among the plants that grew on the ides of the rocks, the campanula aurea, the prenanthepinnala, the adiantum reniforme, and a pecies of the ceterac, remarkable on account of its leaves, which are much larger than thoe of the European pecies.

As thee mountains afford very little water, we directed our coure towards a mall habitation, where we preumed we hould find ourelves near to ome tream of water. We were not diappointed, for we came to a very fine pring of delicious limpid water, which lot itelf again un- der