I wish that I could describe the variety of shrubs we found on the island.  Many were evergreens.  One, which the doctor called the suriana, emitted a peculiarly strong, though not unpleasant odour.  We used to be very glad, when the rays of the sun came down fiercely on our heads, to take shelter under these trees, and to rest during our long journeys from one end of our dominion to the other.