BRITISH SETTLEMENT


called, is the next river of importance in
this country. The navigation of this is
much bolder than that of the Balize, and
vast quantities of mahogany are floated
down it, and from the many branches and
creeks with which it is united. The
banks of this river are thickly studded with
plantations, and the soil connected with
it is generally considered of rich and pro-
ductive quality. During the rains, the
floods in the Sibun are extremely great, for
in a few hours, it has been known to rise
from its original level upwards of fifty
feet: its decrease is usually as rapid; and
little inconvenience, excepting the occa-
sional loss of a few cattle, happens to the
settlers from this circumstance. Its en-
trance from the sea is about three leagues
in a southwardly direction from the ri-
ver Balize.
 Several of the rivers comprehended
within the English limits, plentifully
abounding with both mahogany and