About noon
Getting tired at length of his crusade against the butterflies , he expressed a wish to try his skill upon some larger game , but as nothing in the shape of a jackall or tiger-cat was obliging enough to make its appearance , he put aside his weapons with a sigh , and lying down near Max , was soon asleep . There was a drowsy influence in the profound quiet , and subdued light of the spot , to which I should soon have yielded but for Browne , who began to talk of Scottish scenes and legends , with sufficient interest to keep Morton and myself awake . It seemed strange enough , to lie there in that tropical forest , listening to an enthusiastic description of the rugged sublimity of the Trossachs , the romantic beauty of Loch Vennacher , Loch Katrine , and Loch Achray , or the lovely vale of Kelso , bosomed in green woods , with its placid streams , smooth lawns , and hazel-fringed dells . About noon , Arthur and Eiulo made their appearance , emerging from the grove to the south-east of the hill , laden with roots , plants , strips of bark , etcetera . They had been looking for the auti , or paper-mulberry , but without success . Arthur had discovered a large and beautiful species of sweet-scented fern , with a tuberous root shaped like a sweet-potato , which he said was baked and eaten by the Society Islanders : he brought with him several entire specimens , root and all . The leaves were fragrant and elegantly shaped , and the roots were of a mottled brown and yellow .