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the natives called mangoo ; a pair of pink conchs ; a 

 pair of bull's mouth conchs, called by some the king 

 conch : a shell harp volute ; and some small shells, 

 among which were a cowrie with a raised ridge in 

 the middle, but more likely a bulla, a cowrie with 

 three brown bars across it (cyprea), an orange 

 murex with black lines across it and white within, 

 a few olives, and other small washed shells. 



" Sunday, 5th. Received letters from my son, Shad- 

 rach, at Wellington. Heard yesterday that the Duke 

 of Bedford and Duke of Buckingham had had a duel, 

 and that the Duke of Bedford had behaved with much 

 humanity in not firing at, nor trying to kill, the Duke 

 of Buckingham. All duels are a species of murder or 

 manslaughter, which nearly amounts to the same. My 

 friend Grafter called and showed me copies of letters he 

 intended to send to Lord Darnley and Colonel Christie 

 at Chatham to endeavour to get him re-established as 

 clerk of the works or some other appointment. 



"Mondenfffttk. The king's yacht to wed down the river 

 by a steam-boat to the Downs for Prince of Denmark. 

 About eight this morning saw and heard the first 

 1 swift.' Birds I think all come in storms or bad weather, 

 which prevents persons seeing them; for we know 

 little about the migration of birds or their habits. Air. 

 Dadd of Chatham called and bought a piece of Shrop- 

 shire limestone. 



" Tuesday, 7th. Had part of a 'cat-fish' fried, which 

 is very fine eating. 



" Wednesday, 8th. Mr. Pottinger, a gentleman at 

 lodgings at Mrs. King's at the Hill, called to have a 

 gossip. He is a Radical in politics. He has visited 

 France and Switzerland, Jersey, Cornwall, &c., but 

 never made any remarks, and owns he is very ignorant. 



