  We have obtained high, 11 and 14 \kms, and medium, 40 and 53 \kms, resolution
spectra of the $z_{em} = 4.11$ quasar Q0000--2619 covering the range 4400 \AA\
to 9265 \AA . We identify nine metal absorption systems, of which four were
previously known. A fifth previously suggested system at $z_{abs} \approx
3.409$ (Turnshek et al~ 1991) is ruled out by our data. Two of the eight
systems for which the \lya~ line is in the observable range have a damped \lya~
line. Six of the nine systems show evidence for complex sub--component
structure. At our resolution and S/N we identify a total of 21 sub--components
in the nine systems. Five of the nine systems (11 of the 21 components) fall
within the $\pm 5000$ \kms~ range of the emission redshift, and are hence
classified as \zae~ absorbers. For the two damped systems we find metal
abundances of $\leq 1$% and $\leq 8$% of solar values at redshifts of 3.0541
and 3.3901 respectively. These upper limits are consistent with what would be
expected from previous determinations at lower redshifts, and our data are
hence compatible with earlier conclusions that no evidence is yet found for
chemical evolution of intervening damped and Lyman limit absorbers. For the
\zae~ systems we found indications of metallicities comparable to, and even in
excess of solar values. These much higher values compared to the damped
systems, are in favour of the intrinsic hypothesis for these systems.
