tf 4 OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



the germen is cylindrical, pentagonal : the fly* 

 lus is pointed below, and villofe : the fligma 

 elevated : the flowers grow in the form of a 

 bunch of grapes. The plant had little leaves. 



After fo fhort a vifit on this excellent ifle, 

 I was forced to go on board again, to wait for 

 a fair wind that might forward us on our 

 voyage. 



The 2 2d of January , 8°. 34'. S. L. 



Rain. 



Early in the morning we failed fromPrince 

 f/hnd, and in the afternoon left Java out of 

 fight. 



The 26th of January. 



Very rainy weather. Almofl: calm. We 

 caught two bonets {Scomber Pelamii). Its two 

 pecloral-flns were put upon a iiihing-hook, to 

 reprefent alikenefs of a flying-Mi, which the 

 bond often purfues with all its might, and fre- 

 quently jumps up very high above the water. 



The 



