304 . TRAVELS IN 
fall than in any other part of the colony. This division is 
terminated to the westward by the great Brakke river, which 
rises in the forests above-mentioned, and, running directly 
south, discharges itself into Muscle bay. 
The general landing-place of this bay is upon a sandy 
beach, at the head of a small cove, into which runs a rivulet 
of water slightly impregnated with salt. This stream does 
not appear to be capable of filling above a dozen butts of 
water in a day. A magazine for the reception of grain is 
erected near the landing-place. It is a strong stone build- 
ing, one hundred and fifty feet in length, and will conveni- 
ently hold ten thousand bushels of corn. The price of this 
article delivered here is about twenty-two rix-dollars the 
load of thirty-one Winchester bushels, or at the' rate of two 
shillings and tenpence the bushel. 
The bay abounds with excellent fish of various kind, with 
muscles that are large and of a strong flavor, and with 
oysters of an excellent quality ; and, in the winter months, 
the black whale is very plentiful. 
Great quantities of the common aloe grow upon the pfeins 
that surround Muscle bay. The inspissated juice of this 
plant was once an article that afforded a considerable profit 
to those who were at the trouble of collecting and preparing 
it, but the price is now reduced so low, about threepence the 
pound, that it is no longer considered as an object worthy 
the attention of the inhabitants. Three pounds are as much 
as one person can collect and prepare in one day. 
