feeling he is the met here and a large business witb the come m two or three miles in the and crowd is yard there they sit in almost receiving their goods and making t in v ji ivory towards n mr s on showed most hospitable yet in a perfectly is the land of plenty in africa beef mutton aa chickens abound and its supply of necessaries and luxuries is � we got under way yesterday for the islands a term well understood to mean those o st thomas and a lar one of the two who proposed to take passage with us from cape a month since is now on ard as a passenger to prince s i tbe other mr is dead he was of a wealthy and in family in and is said to have been a young man of extraordinary talent and promise aa m the the q ki l y of its by explosion of the a at twelve o clock to day we fired thirteen minute guns as a d by off t of to the of ao fell a to the ob p alter the events and five of fate we gave a fl to officer � and oh how aiid � at i received a present of an or mi who certainly a and in in the of a calm between the hia r is but inches but when at covers an extent of two and a half feet from head to t i l is wholly fortified with an impenetrable of of alarm it is custom to nose between his hind legs and roll his body and tail together so as to i like the half of a ball no part to an enemy in this be affords an excellent example of a self involved from tiie annoyance of tiie by a and seeking all his within ins � centre his muscular strength being great and y that of his fore legs it is very difficult to him attempt r made to force his he his fi re into the scales of his head and holds m a ke grip at however or when all is quiet he t himself and awkwardly about on his i k in pursuit and � after many days of calm or light winds a stiff and r breeze for twenty four hours past has been rapidly us on our course we hope to see st thomas to morrow the above described ant is properly the long la species of the his will torn a ball this animal with a urn other natural and artificial im in tha national attached to tha at d by ib u at daylight wind had failed us it being sunday divine waa per and regard of all on board by hia amiable and piety noon tiie breeze and na within ten tbe by the dose of day st ia hi and p o a one ia ao aa to et ry moat forcibly it ia a ti t than five hundred feet high and like a air a third of the firom extremity f the island we are now a r of the and sundry jokes not to ut joe miller are passing through the ship of the line a heavy struck us last night we were for it however with nothing on but ant down and the fore the ned sail blew away and tiie ship lay over with her g me in the water in five minutes nevertheless we were going before e wind and away from shore the appearance of the island is pleasant a high hills covered with wood and spots of ground ig ua of the or pasture lands of our own country on these tracts not a tree or a bush is visible for acres together bat whether the soil was left naked by nature or rendered ao by cultivation is yet to be ascertained a ruined chapel cm i top of a hill a large mansion apparently on ttie shore and a few huts among the trees are the only evidences that men have ever been here several have now come off to us bringing fruit and shells d by j mm chapter xviii � excursion to st anne de mode of drying madame s hotel for the mess man tt letters home fa m l king and louis � ml l ll son y i of the people of � i have just returned from an to anne de the capital of st thomas leaving yesterday at a m we landed but did not find the which had been from the it to wait three of the party started on foot and the not the land vehicle of that name proceed on the same destination after walking three ot miles along the beach we met two of the horses served to mount a pair of us while the witb guide and boys proceeded on foot it being arranged at mi should travel in the old fashioned mode of ride most of the distance was across open land without a tree but overgrown with coarse high grass the whole a was that of a western but without the grandeur of its extent or the flowers that attract the when wearied with the of the prospect the like that of the nut groves is a deep fertile in two hours we arrived at st anne de l ie to is spread out upon the circular shore of the bay a mile in extent and is defended by a stone fort situated on extreme point of the cape there three or four houses which with few exceptions are small and of wood a long stone building is appropriated as the of the governor and contains the public offices j only remarkable besides are a large wooden very like a barn and a smaller one of stone the streets are but kept remarkably clean and 