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           Itwasthenimportanttodetermine,assoonaspossible,theprecisepointofthecoastwheretheschoonerhadjustbeenlost.GrantedthatthiscoastwasthatofPeru,ports,townsandvillageswerenotlacking,andconsequentlyitwouldbeeasytogainsomeinhabitedplace.Astothispartofthecoast,itseemeddeserted.

           Itwasanarrowbeach,strewedwithblackrocks,shutoffbyacliffofmediumheight,veryirregularlycutupbylargefunnelsduetotheruptureoftherock.Hereandthereafewgentledeclivitiesgaveaccesstoitscrest.

           Inthenorth,ataquarterofamilefromthestrandingplace,wasthemouthofalittleriver,whichcouldnothavebeenperceivedfromtheoffing.Onitsbankshungnumerousrhizomas,sortsofmangroves,essentiallydistinctfromtheircongenersofIndia.

           Thecrestofthecliff—thatwassoondiscovered—wasoverhungbyathickforest,whoseverdantmassesundulatedbeforetheeyes,andextendedasfarasthemountainsinthebackground.There,ifCousinBenedicthadbeenabotanist,howmanytrees,newtohim,wouldnothavefailedtoprovokehisadmiration.

           Therewerehighbaobabs—towhich,however,anextraordinarylongevityhasbeenfalselyattributed—thebarkofwhichresemblesEgyptiansyenite,Bourbonpalms,whitepines,tamarind-trees,pepper-plantsofapeculiarspecies,andahundredotherplantsthatanAmericanisnotaccustomedtoseeinthenorthernregionoftheNewContinent.

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