152 THE SIXTH VOYAGE OF

been wrecked, and the passengers of which
had been drowned. Upon it was an abun-
dance, that confounded the reason and the
mind, of commodities and wealth that the sea
cast upon its shores. I ascended to the upper
part of the island, and walked about it, and
I beheld in the midst of it a stream of sweet
water, flowing forth from beneath. the nearest
part of the mountain, and entering at the
furthest part of it, on the opposite side [of
the valley]. Then all the other passengers
went over that mountain to [the interior of]
the island, and dispersed themselves about it,
and their reason was confounded at that which
they beheld. They became like madmen in
consequence of what they saw upon the island,
of commodities and wealth lying on the shore
of the sea. I beheld also in the midst of
the above-mentioned stream an abundance of
various kinds of jewels and minerals, with
jacinths and large pearls, suitable to kings.
They were like gravel in the channels of the
water which flowed through the fields ; and all
the bed of that stream glittered by reason of
the great number of minerals and other things
that it contained. We likewise saw on that
island an abundance of the best kind of Sanfee