Its base is watered by a small gushing rill, and the vegetation now is very luxuriant from the continual supply of moisture.
The most striking plants are the tree-ferns (Cyathea excelsa and C.
bourbonica) some of which attain a height of from fifteen to twenty feet.
From the eastern margin of the ridge the view is very fine; a sloping precipice, several hundred feet in height, covered with stunted bushes, overlooks Wilhelm's Plains, nearly all under cultivation and studded with sugar plantations.

The soil, when newly turned up, appeared of a dull red colour.

Numbers of tropic birds were flying along the face of the cliff where they probably breed.

Eight species of land shells were picked up here, either creeping up the grass or under stones and logs; they were of the genera Caracolla, Helix, and Pupa.
A narrow path, difficult to find among the long grass, leads to the summit of the mountain, 2600 feet above the level of the sea.

The view from the top embraces the greater part of this fine island.