by the nutriment which they feed on. They are caught in baſkets, in which is put a tablecloth or ſheet, and ſinking the baſket with ſtones, vaſt quantities are taken at a time. They are fried in a batter made of flour and milk, or ſtewed with herbs and ſpice. They are excellent food cooked either way.
Almoſt in the centre of the iſland, on the top of a very high mountain, ſurrounded by others above it, is a large natural pond, or rather lake of freſh water, which is alſo well ſtocked with fine fiſh, and it is ſaid, is in ſome places unfathomable. It covers a ſpace of ſome acres, ſpreads into three diſtinct branches, and has a very wonderful appearance in point of ſituation: it is about ſix miles diſtant from the town of Roſeau, and great part of the road to it is a ſteep aſcent. On firſt beholding this lake, a perſon becomes, as it were, rivetted for a time to