The Water, Of The Boiling Spring, Being Sulphureous, Is Conveyed Into The
Monastery, And The Cells Of The Principal Friars, By Means Of Pipes Made Of
Copper, Tin, Or Stone; And Is So Hot That It Heats The Apartments Like A
Stove, Without Communicating Any Disagreeable Or Unwholesome Stench.
Their
sweet water for drinking is conveyed in a subterraneous canal of masonry,
into a great copper reservoir in
The middle of the court of the convent;
and this reservoir being contained within a larger bason supplied from the
boiling, spring, is continually kept of a proper temperature, and prevented
from freezing. This they use in the preparation of their victuals, for
drinking, and for watering their gardens. Thus they derive much convenience
and comfort from the adjoining volcano, and these good friars make it their
chief study to keep their gardens in order, and to erect commodious and
even elegant buildings. For this latter purpose they are in no want of good
workmen and ingenious artizans, as they give good wages, so that there is a
great resort of workmen and artizans of every denomination; they are
likewise very bountiful to those who carry them fruits, and seeds, and
other articles; and as great profits are to be made, and provisions are
very cheap, there is a great resort of workmen and artists of every
denomination, and of traders to this place. Most of these monks speak
Latin, particularly the superiors and principals of the monastery.
This is all that is known of Engroveland or Greenland, from the relation
of Nicolo Zeno, who gives likewise a particular description of a river that
he discovered, as is to be seen in the map which I, Antonio Zeno, have
drawn of all these countries.
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