The following lines were written by a young American, on viewing the Statue in the Louvre, alluded to in page 57.120

Cut in white marble sits the lovely one,

Her thin veil, her soft lips, of glittering stone :-
Prest to the icy cheek one finger lies,
While the rest hide her deep, dejected eyes;
Fixt on the snowy rock, for ever there
Rest her light limbs and falls her clustering hair.
But still, when rosy evening gently gleams
Round the fair horizon in crimson streams-
Wondrous! 'tis said the statue breathes, and warm
Turns to the lovely west its living form;

Like youth and life the snowy figure glows;
The stony veil falls-the fair lips unclose;
One slender hand points distantly and slow,
Deep, sweet, and soft, these words distinctly flow!

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Some of the Indigenous Plants and Flowers

of the Island are :

The Hibiscus mutabalis,

Passi flora cerulea,

Cactus opuntia,

Sapindus saponaria,

Asclipias gigantea,

Cordia collococca,

Ardenanthera pavonina,

Ipomea bonanox,

Asclipias curasavica,

Lautana aculiata,

Jatropha gossypifolia,

Justicia sexangularis,

Rivena octandra,

Psidium pomiferum,

Bignonia pentaphylla,

Ricinus communis,

Tournefortia argentia,
Solanum dulcamara,

Cassia corymbosa,

Paucratium Caribæum,

Plumeria alba,

Mirabalia jalapa,

Tunera ulmifera,

Convolvolus repens,

Lipia dulces,

Canna Indica,

Justicia picta,

Musa sapientum,

Abrus precatorius,

Carica papaya,

Cactus grandiflorus,

Hibiscus sculentus,

Heliotropium parviflorum,

Coreopsis leucanthea,

Bignonia stans,

Tamarindus Indica,

Crinum Americanum,

Venca rosea,

Cleome pentaphylla,

Polyanthus tuberosa,

Jasminum officinale et humile,

Nyctanthis,

Melia azedarach,

Robina hispida,

Scilla campanulata et Peruviana, &c.

Also, the Mimosa, and thousands of others, which are

both valuable and beautiful; and of rare Medicinal Plants, there are the greatest variety and abundance.

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