ABSTRACT
There is also another island called Sillan 3 , which hath a compass of good 2,000 miles 4 . There be found therein an infinite number of serpents 5 , and many other wild 171animals in great numbers, especially elephants 1 . In this country also there is an exceeding great mountain, of which the folk relate that it was upon it that Adam mourned for his son one hundred years 2 . In the midst 3 of this mountain is a certain beautiful level place, in which there is a lake of no great size, but having a great depth of water. This they say was derived from the tears shed by Adam and Eve 4 ; but I do not believe that to be the truth, seeing that the water naturally springs from the soil 5 .
