¿36 A VOYAGE TO Book V. 



be placed, intercepting each other from our sight. 

 The tediousness ofihis station was increased by the ri- 

 gour ofthe weather, the strength oi'thq, winds, and its 

 great distance from any place where we could pro- 

 cure convenient shelter and refreshments. 



XXI. Signal on the desert of Tialoma. 



On the desert of Tialoma we continued from the 

 £6th of March to the 25th of April ; but had little, 

 except the length of the time, to complain of. 



XXII. Signal on the desert of Sinasaguan. 



We arrived at the desert of Sinasaguan on the 27th 

 of April, and left it on the 9th of May, the only clear 

 day we had during our stay ; but as we have already 

 mer^ioned our sufferings on this desert, it will be un- 

 necessary to repeat them here. 



XXIII. Signal on the desert of Bueran. 



Wf: continued on the desert of Bueran from the 

 10th of May to the ist of June ; but, besides the small 

 height of the mountain, the town of Cannar being 

 only two leagues distant from it, we were in want of 

 nothing. The temperature ofthe air was also much 

 more mild than on the other deserts; besides, we had 

 the great satisfaction of relieving our solitude by go- 

 ing to hear mass on Sundays, and other days of pre- 

 cept in the town. These comforts had, however, some 

 allay ; for while we continued on this desert, the 

 animals, cottages, and Indians, suffered three times in 

 a very melancholy manner by tempests of lightning, 

 which fell o;-- the neighbouring plains ; all those coun- 

 tries, especially the desert of Burgay, which borders on 

 that oí Bueran, being subject to terrible storms. 



XXIV. SiG- 



