too TRAVELS IN 
Wc ftill continued to advance, having al- 
ways to the weft that great chain of moun- 
tains, covered with wood, which we had be- 
fore perceived at a great diftance. After 
travelling four hours and a half, I halted 
at a fmall rivulet about three leagues diftant 
from the fea. Here we obferved a prodigious 
quantity of fifh floating up with the tide ; and 
as foon as I faw them in a ftate of ftagnation, 
I ordered the net which I had received from 
Mr. Mulder to be extended acrofs the ftream. 
This was the firft time I employed it ; and, 
as it was too long, I found it neceflfary to 
have it doubled. Were I to mention the 
number of fifh which remained when the tide 
ebbed, I fliould be confidered as an extrava- 
gant exaggerator ; I fliall only fay that the net 
fufFered confiderably. My people cooked thefe 
fifh with a variety of fauces : as for me, I re- 
ferved about an hundred for myfelf, which, 
with different fpices, I put into a kettle with- 
out any water ; and having hermetically fealed 
the coverlid with a kind of vifcous earth, I 
buried the whole under hot afhes. By 
this arrangement I procured an excellent 
difh OA" fifh, with which I could fcarcely be 
fatiated ; 
