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Show \4 sA !\TA cnuz. . . h) . between rows of cocoa-fifteen tmlcs m lcngt tuns 1- II nuts an< I ca bb age pa·I ln s ' which have bee. n care u y planted on e.t th cr S.t (l c,. On one part of thts .r oad, theI latter trees arc remat. 1,. .a b ly lofty and beautiful; ant so rcO'u 1a r antI even .,t r tilici-11 is their appearance, that l , b ' . If t he travelling between one might imagmc onc-se 0 · . h some o f t Iw co I onna. (l cs of Prestnm, or Tadmo.r m t e desert. I from the One good resulting, aruo~g man! evi s, despoti. c govern men t of this 1s]and ' IS the careful pre- se·r vat.w n o f "t trees N 0 man is allowed to cut 1 s · . them down, even on his own estate; for they arc not only valued for their shade and beauty, but arc sup- poset1 to a tt1.a c· t t·l tc showers .' and Santa Crnz. de-pends almost entirely on the skies, for it~ supplies of water. Another favorable result ot mb•trary power is, that the inhabitants have been cou:~elled to l~ay for the macadam ising of their roads. I he travcllmg in Santa Cruz is, in consequence, rapid and easy, and the evening drives through the picturesque vallcy_s m t h e ne•. g1 1 b orh oot I of" West End afton! a luxunous enjoyment, even for invalids . . On the top of the spiral rod of the cabbage-palm I have frequently observed a handsome g~·cy b•rd, somewhat less than a thrush, called the_ cl_mJcl~eny. Like the king-bird of Nm·th America, It ~s. smd to mock even the hawk, and to assert its dommwn ~ver all the fowls of the air. Humming-birds and hr•ght little barbets arc seen contending tor the blosso~ed sweets of the yellow cedar; a sly-looking black bud: in shape like a jay, and generally called the ~lac~ witch, abonnds in the hedges ; quails and JOlllll SANTA CltVZ. 15 doves arc numerous; and a small species of bittern is often seen floating- along, over the lower grounds of the island. Lastly, the brown pelicans, on the sea coast, flopping lazily over the water~, and ever and· anon diving for their prey, arc as numerons as gulls on the coast of Great Britain. Jt may br well to observe that the southern part of Santa Cruz is an extensive plain, I believe of shell-limestone formation. The highlands, composed of an indurated clay, conspicuously stratified, and tossed into various angles by some vast impulse fi-orn below, form the northern barrier; and very beautiful is their undulation. The loftiest of these hills is Mount Eagle, which rises 1200 feet above the level of the sea. An hour "s ride, from West End, brings you to the top of Prospect or Bodkin Hill, fi·om which there is a magnificent bird's eye view both of the hills and plains, all, with little exception, under careful sugar cultivation. But it is on the sea shores of Santa Cruz that the American or English visitor will probably lind his greatest amusement. The large blushing conks and othc1· shells which strew the beach, the corals, madrepores, sea·fans, and sponges of many definite and curious shapes, not to mention the "soldier crabs," clrcssed in regimentals of purple and scarlet, and inhabiting every empty shell they can find, cannot fail to attract the attention of the lovers of nature, even when, like :nysclf, they have little pretensions to science. Yet, :t must be_ confessed, that all these rarities are nothing m companson with the fishes. The fish-market at West En<l is held under some cocoa-nut trees, on the shore, a little before noon, |