The woods of Dominica, which conſtitute nearly two thirds of the iſland at preſent, including the parts that are incapable of cultivation, on account of ſteep and rugged mountains, afford a vaſt fund of excellent timber: conſiſting of locus-wood, bullet-tree, maſtic, cinnamon, roſe-wood, yellow-ſanders, baſtard-mahogany, iron-wood, ſeveral ſpecies of cedar, and various other ſorts of wood, uſeful for building houſes, veſſels and canoes, for furniture, for dying, and other neceſſary purpoſes.
In the woods, an awful, yet pleaſing ſolitarineſs prevails; but that which makes them the more agreeably romantic, is the noiſe of falling waters, the whiſtling of the wind among the trees, the ſinging and chirping of an innumerable quantity of birds among the branches, and the uncommon cries of various kinds of harmleſs inſects, which together with
