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the vaft Conorrhee Hills on our left j whofe fpir- 

 ing tops then touched the Clouds, and feemed to 

 rife to that height in an almoft perpendicular 

 Line. 



9. Next Morning we bufied ourfelves with an 

 agreeable Diverfion, viz. catching a good Difh of 

 Cray-fifhes out of Chianne River (or more pro- 

 perly fpeaking Brook, it being not above four or 

 five yards wide, and fhallow, but wondrous clear 

 and limpid,) which we poifoned with green To- 

 bacco pounded, and mixed with unflacked Lime. 

 A^. JS. We have no River Cray-Fifhes at Nevis^ 

 Antigua^ or Montferrat, The Poifon was fo 

 ftrong, that feveral of the Cray-fifhes adlually 

 crept out of the Water to fhun it, which I own 

 furprized me not a little ; but my Friend afHired 

 me, that it was a common thing. We afterwards 

 dined upon them (with feveral other more fub- 

 flantial Difhes) under the fLade of a fpreading 

 Tamarind-tree, enjoying with the highefl gufl 

 the cool Breezes that blew from otF the Sea, 

 which was there, fcarce a mile from us. Clofe 

 by were fome Calabafh-trees, that ferved to make 

 a fmall Grove. The Calabafh-tree is full as big 

 and as fpreading as a large Apple-tree : The Fruit 

 is pretty near the fize of a man's Head, round 

 like a Boy's Marble, and of no ufe but for Punch 

 Bowls, after the infide (which is not eatable^ is 

 carefully fcooped out, when it is almoft as thin 



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