244 LAKE OF FOUCANY. 



that the towers of the cathedral of Chi- 

 quinquira were just visible. Senor Paris 

 then informed me, that it is the custom 

 for pilgrims to dismount at every mile, or 

 oftener, after coming in sight of the cathe- 

 dral, and offer up prayers to the Virgin. 



We now entered an amazingly fine plain, 

 about twenty leagues long, and five broad, 

 the greater part of which is occupied by 

 the Lake of Foucany, which in no part has 

 more than six feet water, and in many places 

 can be forded. Senor Paris has obtained 

 a grant of it, and intends forming a com- 

 pany to drain it; which, from the position 

 of the land, I think may be easily done, 

 and a small expense, as there is a consi- 

 derable river running out of it, which may 

 easily be deepened so as to constitute a 

 drain for almost the whole of the district. 

 The temperature of this spot is most de- 

 lightful, being from 62° to 68'* of Farenheit. 



