CHAPTER IV.

Visit to the Botanical Garden--Description of the Garden--Dinner at the Hotel--Third Visit to the City--Impudence of the First Mate--Village of San Domingo--A Walk in the Country--Attacked by Dogs--Beautiful Plantations--Civility of a Planter--Elegant Mansion and Grounds--A Retreat--A Fine Road--Return to the Ship--Supply of Fruit--The North America--Mr. Kent, our Consul 36