We were kindly treated by these mountaineers on our first ascent; before our second they were nearly all swept away by Mariano.

Dr.Kirk found upwards of thirty species of ferns on this and other mountains, and even good-sized tree-ferns; though scarcely a single kind is to be met with on the plains.

Lemon and orange trees grew wild, and pineapples had been planted by the people.

Many large hornbills, hawks, monkeys, antelopes, and rhinoceroses found a home and food among the great trees round its base.

A hot fountain boils up on the plain near the north end.