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1、TheVoyageoftheBeaglebyCharlesDarwinPreviousChapterChapter21-MauritiustoEnglandAPRIL29th.--InthemorningwepassedroundthenorthernendofMauritius,ortheIsleofFrance.Fromthispointofviewtheaspectoftheislandequalledtheexpectationsraisedbythemanywell-knowndescriptionsofitsbeautifulscenery.Thesl
2、opingplainofthePamplemousses,interspersedwithhouses,andcolouredbythelargefieldsofsugar-caneofabrightgreen,composedtheforeground.Thebrilliancyofthegreenwasthemoreremarkablebecauseitisacolourwhichgenerallyisconspicuousonlyfromaveryshortdistance.Towardsthecentreoftheislandgroupsofwoodedm
3、ountainsroseoutofthishighlycultivatedplain;theirsummits,assocommonlyhappenswithancientvolcanicrocks,beingjaggedintothesharpestpoints.Massesofwhitecloudswerecollectedaroundthesepinnacles,asifforthesakeofpleasingthestranger'seye.Thewholeisland,withitsslopingborderandcentralmountains,was
4、adornedwithanairofperfectelegance:thescenery,ifImayusesuchanexpression,appearedtothesightharmonious.Ispentthegreaterpartofthenextdayinwalkingaboutthetownandvisitingdifferentpeople.Thetownisofconsiderablesize,andissaidtocontain20,000inhabitants;thestreetsareverycleanandregular.Although
5、theislandhasbeensomanyyearsundertheEnglishGovernment,thegeneralcharacteroftheplaceisquiteFrench:EnglishmenspeaktotheirservantsinFrench,andtheshopsareallFrench;indeed,IshouldthinkthatCalaisorBoulognewasmuchmoreAnglified.Thereisaveryprettylittletheatre,inwhichoperasareexcellentlyperform
6、ed.Wewerealsosurprisedatseeinglargebooksellers'shops,withwell-storedshelves;--musicandreadingbespeakourapproachtotheoldworldofcivilization;forintruthbothAustraliaandAmericaarenewworlds.ThevariousracesofmenwalkinginthestreetsaffordthemostinterestingspectacleinPortLouis.ConvictsfromIndi
7、aarebanishedhereforlife;atpresentthereareabout800,andtheyareemployedinvariouspublicworks.Beforeseeingthesepeople,IhadnoideathattheinhabitantsofIndiaweresuchnoble-lookingfigures.Theirskinisextremelydark,andmanyoftheoldermenhadlargemustachesandbeardsofasnow-whitecolour;this,togetherwith
8、thefi
