season, above 20 feet perpendicular over part of that Negropont flat coast; which of itself so freshens the water, that ships lying at anchor, at the distance of three leagues from its mouth, generally make use of it, and fill their water there for their voyage home. When the rains are at an end, which soon happens in October, the intense heat of the sun usually dries up those stagnating waters which lie on the higher parts, and the re- mainder from lakes and marshes, in which are found all sorts of dead animals. At last, those too are quite dried up; and then the effluvia that arise are al- most quite insupportable. At this season the winds blow so hot from the land, that they may be compared to the heat proceeding from the mouth of an oven, and they bring with them an intolerable smell. The wolves, tigers, lions, and other wild beasts, then re- sort to the river, sleeping their body under water, and only their snout above it for the sake of breathing. The birds soar to an immense height in the air, and fly a vast way over the sea, where they continue till the wind changes, and comes from the west.