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which had followed our fhip For fome days, 

 were well pleafed with this weather. 



A great dead fnake floated on the water, 

 and occafioned a poifonous flench, which com- 

 monly is afcribed to the flowering of the 

 Water. 



Balistes Chinenfis is diftinguifhed from the 

 aforementioned forts, by the following charac- 

 ter ; the bone which makes the firfl dorfal fin, 

 is fomewhat thicker, and behind it is a ikin : 

 the fecond dorfal fin has thirty-four rays ; the 

 ■pettoral fins thirteen rays; the ventral fi?i 

 confifls of a bone with eight bent rays ; on that 

 bone is a membranaceous fin, which gives a 

 greater breadth to the fifh; the eyes are very 

 prominent, and have a red iris ; on each fide 

 before the eye is a fmall hole; the anal fin 

 has thirty rays ; the tail has twelve rays : this 

 fifh is lefs than the others of that kind. 



The 2 2d of Auguft. 



In the morning We weighed anchor and 

 fleered to the Chinefe coafl, having been 

 obliged to linger near it fourteen days, and 



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