Mr. schotte’s Journal of the Weather , &c. 479 
time in which the diforder appeared and ceafed, and the 
thermometer I have ufed. 
The ifland St. Lewis, otherwife called Senegal, is 
iituated in 1 6° North latitude, and 1 6° Weft longitude. 
It is feparated from the ifland of Soar on the Eaft by the 
main river, which, on account of the fmallnefs of the 
creek by which it is formed, is efteemed a part of the 
continent. It has the Atlantic Ocean on the Weft, from 
which it is feparated by a fmall neck of land, or more 
properly fand, called Barbary Point. This neck of land 
is in feveral places not above five or fix hundred yards 
broad. A branch of the river runs between it and the 
ifland itfelf, communicating with the main river above 
and below the ifland. It is about a mile in length, feven 
hundred feet in breadth, and contains five or fix thou- 
fand black inhabitants. In the months of Auguft, Sep- 
tember, and Odtober, it is ufually about two or three feet 
above the level of the river at high water; but there are 
years in which the whole ifland is overflowed; in the 
other months of the year it may be about five or fix feet 
above its level in the higheft places. The continent and 
iflands near it are as low, and in many places much 
lower, being overflowed for the moft part during the 
rainy months; the latter are formed by creeks commu- 
nicating with the main river, and thickly befet with 
mangroves. 
