"When I Went With The Boats Before Me To The Mouth Of The Harbour Towards
The South, I Found A River Up The Mouth Of Which A Galley Could Row Easily;
And It Was So Land-Locked That Its Entrance Could Not Be Discovered Unless
When Close At Hand.
The beauty of this river induced me to go up a short
distance, where I found from five to eight fathoms water.
Coming to anchor,
I proceeded a considerable way up the river with the boats; and such was
the delightfulness of the place that I could have been tempted to remain
there for ever. The water was so clear that we could see the sand at the
bottom. The finest and tallest palm trees I had ever seen were in great
abundance on either shore, with an infinite number of large verdant trees
of other kinds. The soil seemed exceedingly fertile, being every where
covered by the most luxuriant verdure, and the woods abounded in vast
varieties of birds of rich and variegated plumage. This country, most
serene princes, is so wonderfully fine, and so far excels all others in
beauty and delightfulness as the day exceeds the night; wherefore I have
often told my companions that though I should exert my utmost endeavours
to give your highness a perfect account of it, my tongue and pen must ever
fall short of the truth. I was astonished at the sight of so much beauty,
and know not how to describe it.
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