Opposite to these islands the hills on the left retire, and the river widens into a kind of bay, crowded with low islands, subject to be overflowed occasionally by the tide.

We had not gone far from this village when, the fog suddenly clearing away, we were at last presented with the glorious sight of the ocean--that ocean, the object of all our labors, the reward of all our anxieties.

This animating sight exhilarated the spirits of all the party, who were still more delighted on hearing the distant roar of the breakers.

We went on with great cheerfulness along the high, mountainous country which bordered the right bank: the shore, however, was so bold and rocky, that we could not, until at a distance of fourteen miles from the last village, find any spot fit for an encampment.

Having made during the day thirty-four miles, we now spread our mats on the ground, and passed the night in the rain.