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fatiated; and which lafted me for feveral 
days. 
One could not choofe a more agreea- 
ble and advantageous fpot, than that upon 
which I then was, for eftablifhing a thri- 
ving colony. The fea advances through 
an opening of about a thoufand paces in 
breadth, and penetrates into the country to 
the diftance of more than two leagues and a 
half. The bafon which it forms is more than 
a league in extent ; and the whole coaft, both 
on the right and the left, is bordered with 
rocks, which intercept all communication with 
it. The land, which is rich and fertile, is 
"watered by limpid and refrefhing ftreams, 
that flow down on all fides from the eafl:ern 
mountains. Thefe mountains, crowned with 
majeftic woods, extend as far as the bafon, 
winding round with a number of finuofities ; 
which exhibit an hundred groves, naturally 
variegated, and each more agreeable than the 
other. In this fpot I found a great many 
fmall white herons, of the fame fpecies as thofe 
fent from Cayenne, and which I had often 
feen, when young, in Surinam. I difcovered 
alfo the large egret but it was here more 
rare. ' 
* A fpecies of the heron. 
The 
