72 4 OSBECK'S VOYAGE. 



The Gothic Lion, which perhaps only differed 

 from thefe in age ; but they had, for the 

 mod part, a rhomboidal figure. 



July the 6th, 19 5' S. L. 



We were come fo far, that we expected to 

 fee New Holland foon ; but were difappointed, 

 and fell into a very good trade-wind. 



July the 9th, 1 4 15' S. L. 



Two tropic birds (Phaeton athereus), fo 

 called by feamen becaufe they live within the 

 tropics, were obferved foaring in the air at a 

 confiderable height, as larks do. They feem- 

 ed to be large and white, with a long narrow 

 tail, confiding of a few feathers, with-fmooth, 

 black edges, and a red bill. The defcription 

 of this bird may be met with further on. 



July the nth, 9 37' S. L. 



One of the greateit inconveniencies that 

 attend a voyage to the Eaft Indies is, that 

 worms fpoil both meat and drink. In our 



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