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A > i * 1699, 
I' 
Fijh in N. Holland. 
and Paracoots ; and with Hooks and 
Lines we caught fome Rock fifh and Old ' 
Wives. Of Shell-fifh, here were Oyfters 
both of the common kind for Eating, and 
of the Pearl-kind ; and alfo Wilks, Conchs, i 
Mufcles, Limpits, Perriwinkles, &c, and 
I gather’d a few ftrange Shells ; chiefly a 
fort not large, and thick- fet all about with 1 
Rays or Spikes growing in Rows. 
And thus having ranged about, a confi- 
derable time, upon this Coafl:, without 
finding any good freih Water, or any con- 
venient Place to clean the Ship, as I had 
hop’d for : And it being moreover the 
heighth of the dry Seafon, and my Men 
growing Scorbutick for want of Refrefh- 
ments, fo that I had little Incoui agement 
to fearch further ; I refolved to leave this 
Coafl, and accordingly in the beginning 
of September fet Sail towards Timor. 
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