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longer reckoning* Morro and Cabrera, which 

 are already joined to the shore. They are partly 

 cultivated, and extremely fertile on account of 

 the vapours, that rise from the lake. Burro, 

 the largest of these islands, is two miles in 

 length ; and even inhabited by some families of 

 Mestizoes, who rear goats. These simple men 

 seldom visit the shore of Mocundo. To thern 

 the lake appears of immense extent ; they have 

 plantains, cassava, milk, and a little fish. A hut 

 constructed of reeds ; hammocks woven with 

 the cotton, which the neighbouring fields pro- 

 duce ; a large stone, on which the fire is made, 

 the ligneous fruit of the tutuma, in which they 

 draw water ; constitute their domestic establish- 

 ment. The old Mestizo, who offered some of 

 the milk of his goats, had a beautiful daughter. 

 We learned from our guide, that solitude had 

 rendered him as mistrustful, as he might perhaps 

 have been made by the society of men. The day 

 before our arrival, some sportsmen had visited 

 the island. They were surprised by the night ; 

 and preferred sleeping in the open air to return- 

 ing to Mocundo. This news spread alarm 

 throughout the island. The father obliged the 

 young girl to climb up a very lofty zarnang or 



Aves, and Chamber g ; to the South-West, Brucha and Culebra* 

 In the centre of the lake, rise, like shoals or small detached 

 rocks, Vagre, Fraile, Penasco, and Pande Azucar. 



