umerous
groups of islands in the Southern Pacific; whereas to remove them, as
has been imprudently suggested, would be to devote them at once to
misery and destruction.

That there is no deficiency in the number and variety of plants,
producing food and clothing for the use of man, will appear from the
following list, which is far from being complete:

INDIGENOUS

_Cocos nucifera_ Cocoa-nut.
_Musa Paradisiaca_ Plantains.
_Musa sapientum_ Bananas.
_Dioscorea sativum_ Yams.
_Convolvulus batatas_ Sweet potatoes.
_Arum, esculentum_ Taro Root.
_Arum costatum_ Yappa.
_Broussonetia papyrifera_ Cloth-tree.
_Dracaena terminalis_ _Tee_-plant.
_Aleurites triloba_ Doodoe.
_Morinda citrifolia_ Nono.
---- Toonena, a large timber tree.
_Ficus indica_ Banyan-tree.
_Morus chinensis_ Mulberry.
_Pandanus odoratissimus_ (?)

And a great number of other indigenous plants, some of which are useful
and others ornamental.

INTRODUCED

_Artocarpus incisa_ Bread-fruit.
_Cucurbita citrullus_ Water-melons
_Cucurbita pepo_ Pumpkins.
_Solanum esculenlum_ Potatoes.
_Nicotiana tabaccum_ Tobacco.
_Citrus lemoneum_ Lemon.
---- _aurantium_ Orange.

Besides these they have European peas, beans, and onions; sugar-canes,
ginger, pepper, and turmeric. In fact, situated as the island is, in a
temperate climate just without the tropic, and enjoying abundance of
rain, there is scarcely any vegetable, with the exception of a few of
the equinoxial plants, that may not be cultivated here. The zea maize,
or Indian corn, would be infinitely useful both for themselves, their
poultry, and their pigs.

As a great part of the island is at present covered with trees, which
would necessarily give way to an extended cultivation, and as trees
attract rain, Captain Waldegrave seems to think that when these are
removed showers will be less frequent; but there is little fear of this
being the case; the central ridge, with points that exceed eleven
hundred feet in height, will more effectually attract and condense the
clouds than any quantity of trees growing at a less elevation; and there
can be little doubt that plenty of water will be found by digging at the
foot of the hills or cl