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kerchief;-., mirrors, glafs, knives, pins and 

 aeedles, flints, &c. 



The fea-fhore here coufifts of a grey fand, 

 in which are feveral corals, fuch as madre- 

 pores, millepores, &c. as alfo fliells, viz. 

 Cypraa alba and Cypraa punclata, two fpccics 

 of Cozvrics, were found here. The countrv 

 was fcarce a yard higher than the furface of 

 the water. A number of fmall crabs ran very 

 nimbly on the land. 



A little hut, confiding of four pole?, 

 open en the fides, but covered with cocoa 

 leaves at the top, and ufed for fires at night, 

 was found on the fhore. The people live fo 

 contented here amongfl apes and parrots, that 

 the ftatelieft palaces in Europe do not contain 

 fo happy inhabitants. 



All the trees are different from thofe which 

 are found with us, and ftand fo clofe together 

 on the fea-fhore, that it is almoft impofiible 

 for a ftranger to penetrate into the country. 



The inhabitants of Java had a little path 

 through the wood, but they forbad me going 

 through it. They accompanied us to-day 



alcn? 



