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their fhoulders. The country here is very 

 hi di, and the water which comes hither from 

 the fens in the wood runs roaring into the fea. 

 The failors fix a leathern fpout which reaches 

 to the boat, and thus fill their tubs. The w*a- 

 ter itfelf was pretty good, and in my opinion 

 the belt I ever drank on my voyage. The foil 

 on the ftiore confifls of a fine whitifti grey 

 fand, in which all forts of corals, fuch as Ma- 

 drepora organwn. and Star-Jiones (Millepora), 

 and likewife Cowries (Cyprad) and other {hells, 

 were to be met with. But I left all thefe and 

 went into the foreft with the carpenter, who 

 looked for feme timber for his purpofes. We 

 kept clofe together, becaufe we were in danger 

 of not meeting again in cafe we had feparated. 

 The foreft was fo clofe, that we paiTed through 

 with great difficulty ; and the cries of birds, 

 and lizards, and other noifes, w r ould not permit 

 us to call to each other. In fome places it was 

 fo wet, that I followed my companion with re- 

 luctance, for it rained about this time every 

 night and forenoon, and fometimes even all 

 the day long. The exceflive high but {lender 

 trees make the foreft dark ; and a quantity of 

 Palm trees of fix yards high, whofe leaves 

 were prickly, tore our cloaths, nay even the 

 2 Jkin 



