"The party got inland some 78 miles but did not reach the high peaks in the interior. The water they met and Powell says was poisonous due to some mineral constituent. Powell is an American. He speaks with a broad Scotch accent. 15) The weather remains calm with a few rain squalls of all tenors but no wave action. Today the Capt. Colburn showed us his fighting fish. There are small fresh water fish from Bangkok, Siam. They are kept separately in jars so they fight each other on sight. Normally they have a light color but when they fight arrival they grow dark brilliant blue changing to twines to crimson in their rage.