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here. The fecond is a very fmall flie, called (I Tap- 
pole on account of its fmallnefs) the fand-flie. Thefe 
in a hot calm day are intolerably trcublefome : there 
are continually millions of them about one’s face and 
eyes, fo that it is impofiible either to fpeak, breathe, 
or look, vrithout having one’s mouth, nole, or eyes 
full of them. One comfortable circumftance is, 
that the leaf! breath of wind dilperfes them in an 
inftant. The third in!e< 5 t is much like the large 
flefh-flie in England; but, at leaft three times as 
large: thefe, from what part ever they fix their 
teeth, are lure to carry a piece away with them, an 
inftance of which I have frequently feen and expe- 
rienced. 
Auguft i ith, 1 2th, 13th, 15th, 1 6th, 17th, and 
1 8th, we got on fhore the cbl'ervatory and inftruments; 
but the people were all fo bufy unloading the fhip, 
and repairing the quay, craft, &c. that we could not 
begin to put any part of the obfervatory up. 
$ the 1 6th, I went with Mr. Fowler about ten 
miles up the country, which, as far as we went, was 
nothing but banks of loofe gravel, bare rocks, or 
marfhes, which are over-flowed by the fpring tides, 
and do not get dry before they return, and overflow 
them again. Our errand was, to fee if we could not 
find fome land likely to produce corn ; and in all that 
extent we did not find one acre, w r hich, in my opinion, 
was likely to do it. In fome of the marfhes the grafs is 
very long, and with much labour they cut and dry as 
much hay as keeps three horfes, two cows, a bull, and 
two or three goats, the whole winter. I faw many 
acres of land covered with fir-trees, fome of which 
might be perhaps about 20 feet high : thefe grow 
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