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had twenty-feven quill-feathers and eleven tail- 

 feathers, and was of the fize of a jack-daw. 



The 1 ith of January, 8°. 1 1'. N. L. 



Generally clear fky. Frefh gale. 



We thought we paffed Polo Sandor in the 

 morning dawn, at leaft we did not fee it this 

 time. (Polo is the Indian name of an illand.) 



The 15 th of January, 



Cloudy, changeable, rainy weather, which 

 was looked upon as very uncommon in this la- 

 titude. 



The IJle of Lingen (which is exactly under 

 the equator) we paffed the night before. 

 Though this place is very hot, yet it is not 

 fufficient to produce men without parents, as 

 a Pagan writer from the ifland of Wack-ivack 

 relates. See Bayeri Comment, de Orig. Sin. 

 278. Polo 'Toy a was on our right in the fore- 

 noon. At noon we had the feven iflands on 

 our left, two of which are higher than the 

 reft, Near the firit high illand there feemed 



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