and mangoes were frequently planted amongst the clove trees,
and areca-nut palms along the roadside. The luxuriant
appearance of the country continued, and as I proceeded, the
land became covered with almost continuous clove plantations,
interspersed with cassava patches around the houses ;
with some fine jack trees (Artocarpus integrifolia) growing
here and there.
Dungi clove plantation, which I now passed through, and
which belonged to the Sultan (or the Goverment), merits
special mention, as one of the finest I had ever seen. It is
clean and well weeded, and the trees are moèt luxuriant, with
a deep green foliage in many places quite shading the ground.
The clove trees planted along the roadside make quite an
imposing avenue. The planting distance is about 20 to 30
feet ; in fact the lines appear closer than they. really are,
owing to the very luxuriant and robust condition of thé
trees, the branches of the opposite rows often intermingling.
The soil is a deep red to darker chocolate clayey loam, and
the land slopes gently towards the east.
After leaving Dungi I emerged on open country, chiefly
uncleared, with the exception of some scattered cassava fields,
clumps of mango and coco-nut trees, some of the latter poor
and unhealthy in appearance ; then through more 'clove
plantations which, from their uncleared and grass-grown
condition, and general aspect, presented a great contrast to
the estate I had just left.
In this part of the country, where no regular clove plantations
exist, the land is a mixture of scattered doves, young
and old, with numerous coco-nut, mango, and other fruit
trees, and in some places these appear to be as numerous as
cloves ; with here and there the usual patches of cassava..
After about two and a half hours’ walking (say J^ miles
from Kokotôni), I passed occasional large and substantial
stone-built Arab residences, one being shaded by a particularly
fine clump of jack trees ; the country here is very fertile. In
one large plantation that I passed, I observed some fine clove
trees. I measured the stem of one, which was 6 feet in
circumference at a height of 6 inches from the ground, but
the average girth was from 1 to 4 feet; the trees had often
RESTING A T THE WELL.