arid water : but the hofpitality of M. Heyne- 

 mann had prevented us from being thrown up- 

 on the humble fare of Savonette— compared 

 to which our boat was a luxurious larder. 



The convenience of hammocks was 

 never greater, nor more ftriking than upon 

 this occafion. In fuch an apartment beds or 

 mattreffes had been objecls of terror to us, but 

 fufpended in our hammocks, we lay in com- 

 fort, bidding defiance to lizards, vermin, 

 thick cobwebs, dirt and all other annoyances. 



