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loft, was on our left, among the ifles; bnt 

 we afterwards found, when we had patted by 

 fome of them, that it was amongft the ifles of 

 Anambo. The firft was a little high white 

 rock ; and the others w T ere covered with foil 

 and fome fmall plants. We therefore turned 

 and took another courfe. We faw birds of 

 feveral forts at a diftance ; we were accompa- 

 nied by fome dog-fifh.es, and likewife a fpecies 

 of eels, with yellow tranfverfal lines, if they 

 were not fnakes ; they kept behind the (hip, 

 in that part of the water which the keel of 

 the fhip had cut through ; and 1 ftiould fup- 

 pofe that they and feveral other little fi flies 

 followed us from the Streights of Sunda. We 

 Jikewife faw them the next day. 



The 27th of July, 4 20' N. L, 



The weather was fair, and we failed exactly 

 before the wind. 



Two fwallows came in the evening, and fol- 

 lowed the fhip. 



M 4 The 



