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Oct.] language that in the night time at leat, is a very imperfect means of communication: but our guide, who was no les deirous of going to bed than we were, went knocking in vain at one door after the other, till having gone round almot the whole village, we at length found two charitable ouls who agreed to harbour us.

We were immediately erved with a frugal repat, during which the houe was lighted in the manner that is practied by ome of the inhabitants of the Alps. They et fire to mall plinters of very reinous wood, tuck into the wall, which afford plenty of light, but throw out a great deal of moke. One of our hots took the charge upon himelf of lighting new plinters of wood as fat as the former were conumed.

We tood much more in need of leep than of meat, and hatened to enjoy a repoe, which proved the more delectable, as we were here no more incommoded with the cold we had experienced on the high mountains.

On the following day, the 19th, I went on board with my collection of volcanic products and ome very fine pecimens of plants, uch as the teucrium betonicum, the echium frutecens, &c.

The birds known by the name of Canary-birds are very common in the lower regions of thee mountains; their colour is a brown mixed with various