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On the March

           Happilytheforest,moreorlessdense,retainedalittlefreshnessofthesurfaceofthesoil.Hereandtheregreatforesttreesinclosedprairiescoveredwithatall,thickgrass.Incertainspotsenormoustrunks,alreadypetrified,layontheground,indicatingthepresenceofcoalmines,whicharefrequentlymetwithontheAfricancontinent.Then,intheclearings,wherethegreencarpetwasmingledwithsomesprigsofroses,theflowerswerevariousincolor,yellowandbluegingerplants,palelobelias,redorchids,incessantlyvisitedbytheinsectswhichfertilizedthem.

           Thetreesnolongerformedimpenetrablemasses,buttheirnaturewasmorevaried.Therewereakindofpalm-tree,whichgivesanoilfoundonlyinAfrica;cotton-treesformingthicketsfromeighttotenfeethigh,whosewood-stalksproduceacottonwithlonghairs,almostanalogoustothatofFernambouc.Fromthecopalsthereoozes,bytheholeswhichcertaininsectsmake,anodorousgum,whichrunsalongthegroundandcollectsforthewantsofthenatives.Herespreadthelemon-trees,thegrenadiersofasavageconditionofacountry,andtwentyotherodorousplants,whichprovetheprodigiousfertilityofthisplateauofCentralAfrica.Inseveralplaces,also,theperfumewasagreeablymingledwiththetineodorofvanilla,althoughtheycouldnotdiscoverwhattreeexhaledit.

           Thiswholecollectionoftreesandplantswasperfectlygreen,althoughitwasinthemiddleofthedryseason,andonlyrarestormscouldwatertheseluxuriantforests.

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