The eye is principally caught by two high sand-hills, on one of which stands Fort Napoleon, while the other is only surmounted by several cannon; the foreground is occupied by rocky ridges of moderate elevation, flanked on one side by the lighthouse, and on the other by the new quarantine buildings.

The old quarantine-house lies opposite to the new one.

In several places we notice little plantations of date- palms, which make a very agreeable impression on the European, as their appearance is quite new to him.
August 8th.
At seven o'clock this morning we disembarked, and were delivered with bag and baggage at the quarantine-house.

I now trod a new quarter of the globe, Africa.

When I sit calmly down to think of the past, I frequently wonder how it was that my courage and perseverance never once left me while I followed out my project step by step.